An Edo Man invited his friends for his mother's
burial. After lowering the coffin, the family put
yam,
rice, meat etc, into the grave in line with
tradition. A man asked why? The Edo man smiled
&said,
according to our tradition, the dead go on a
long
journey & need all the food items they can
get".
The man dropped N100,000 inside and
said,
"when the food finish, buy more". Another man
dropped N50,000 and said, "add this incase
it's not
enough".
Akpos smiled and brought out his
cheque
book & wrote a cheque of N200,000,
dropped it in the
coffin & took the N150,000 notes as a
change, then
said, "Nwanne, withdraw when you reach dia
o...It is
going to be a dangerous journey we don't
know how
many robbers are out there and afterall we
are in a
cashless economy na! Travel well o!"