The recent declaration by the Tiv traditional council that young men wishing to marry should not pay above N100,000 as bride price is generating some interesting reactions. HEMBADOON ORSAR (Makurdi) writes on the impacts of this decision on marriage in Tiv land
Making Marriage Attractive In Tiv Land
The Tor Tiv the 5th, Ochivirigh Prof James Ayatse, was obviously worried that by the way parents are beginning to price their daughters high, it might get to a time when maidens would just sit in their parents’ homes waiting endlessly for a husband.
The implications would be grave, far and above the money parents are making on the head of their daughters.
As a father with foresight, he summoned his chiefs during the 2018 Ijirtamen held at the Tiv Area Traditional Council Chambers and adjusted traditional rites in Tiv land including bride price, burial costs among other sundry issues. The meeting was attended by traditional rulers of the Tiv Area Traditional Council, chairmen of local…
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