Tell them o.

My sisters and most of my cousin sisters are all married but the ignorant ones will think Imo women don't get married.

I will be getting married soon and my bride(future wife) will probably be from Imo state.

OP....you wrote well!
Amiri, oru East LGA collect less!

okoroemeka:
imo state the land of beautiful women,I am from arondizuogu in idea to north LGA,#150k will get you the requirements in the list,while the bride price is #25 naira,you are traditionally married,if you like you can call Lady Gaga to be your mc we don't care.

This is fair enough

I am from Nkwerre in imo state actually that's where Linda ikeji is from not Nwangele. Ours is very cheap even our king made sure it's very reduced and this is in the entire Nkwerre community of Imo state. The generalisation is really bad and untrue.

I'm from Imo State, orlu but i will never marry from my state... My wife to be is from Anambra

All of them are, you cannot confuse us

More and more people are getting together, starting a family without marriage, African way of marriage is very annoying

There will be more baby mamas and single mothers cause una no wan get sense, girls are single @35 these days many of them become frustrated old women because men can't marry them


American weddings are simple and very appealing, nigerian wedding is a feast, everybody is involved because of what they can get

Wantedmiller:
OP....you wrote well!

Amiri, oru East LGA collect less!

I'm from Omuma, Oru East.

Please who has Orlu traditional marriage list ? Kindly paste it to guide my friend prepare

Till then first

MarveworldG:
Orsu local government also included

Where in Orsu are you from?

Goldbw122:
Naturally marrying from imo state is very expensive, don't get it twisted..

Enugupikin:

Leave am naw, very failed attempt at image laundering

These are very wrong assertions, I'm from Onuimo one of the LGAs mentioned by the OP, List and bride price together is around 70k. I was present when 3 of my cousins got married because I had to stand in for my late Dad who was the head of our Kindred/family before he died, so I know.

SeriouslySense:
Instead of the cost of these marriage, maybe people should focus on the cost of establishing a family business, the cost of housing and providing in the house. forget all this celebrations they are just waste of time. lol sorry so blunt from me

Most men and few women will agree however other ladies or women wouldn't

My LGA is not costly too.

Proud Imo girl.

One question I always ask when it comes to traditional expenses of marriage and even burial is "What about those poor farmers, bicycles repairer and other very poor guys that make less than 30k monthly, how do they manage to get married traditionally and bury their dead"? So it came to my understanding that if you allow them into your pocket, they will suck it dry because they believe you came from the city with plenty money, so they will be willing to spend out of the treasure they perceive.
Now, there are traditional demands, YES they exist But not all of them MUST be met, the ones that MUST be met are not expensive, hence the very poor guys can get married and bury their folks without taking loan (who will even grant them loan) because they know them in the village to be very poor, so they are exempted from those outrageous demands they dish out to city guys and the City guys also wanna show off and impress their Inlaws will kill themselves to satisfy their Inlaws and that continued and became a norm.
So my suggestion to guys who wanna marry from the so called expensive location, don't go flaunting money, stay low and try and have a good relationship with your father inlaw and a couple of her uncles and let them know you are working with this budget and you need their help, they know what to do to save your money, that's if you find favour in their eyes because there are very greedy fatherinlaw out there. Then get a friend that come from that state who will escort you to negotiate demands with them as well, with all these, they will not have their way totally into your pocket. Traditional demands were made by men, and they can be broken too. It is not everyone that spends exactly what you spend, Waiver is also possible in traditional affairs.
Please do not be discouraged, be humble and it will help you save money.

Nothing like Benin....their girls fine pieces and u spend less to marry.... my igbo brothers greed wan finish them especially those old men wey see say u from city or obodo Oyibo your bill no go be here...

naijadrivablog:
Enough Is Enough: Not All Parts Of Imo State Is Expensive To Marry From

I have read several misconceptions on social media over the years that all parts of IMO State is expensive to Marry from. Even recently, a lady who is supposedly from IMO State made a viral video of how men from IMO don't marry "them" (ladies from IMO State).

I write this article to clear the air about this generalisation about marriage in IMO State. I am a married man from Imo State and well travelled individual and take it from me when I tell you that NOT ALL parts of IMO State is expensive to marry from. Stop the ignorance and stop peddling lies.

Also, I noticed that most people mistake Bride Price to be the only money paid in traditional marriages, as you can hear one say, "IMO bride price na 1 Million Naira", etc.

Bride price in an Igbo Traditional marriage is the agreed sum (by law, it is N50 but families can state the amount they want) paid by the groom or his family member to the family of the bride. This has both physical and spiritual implications as the authority over the bride is passed to the groom and his family via that sum and other rites performed during traditional marriages. Even if you, in a traditional marriage, kill 100 cows, give your inlaws both gold and diamonds but haven't paid the bride price of a woman, YOU ARE NOT married. Most times, a family may charge, for example, N10,000 but will return a sum from it to the groom, while saying that they are not selling their daughter and other pieces of advice.

Apart from bride price, other items like goat, yams, snuff, kola, garden egg and so on are written on a MARRIAGE LIST usually given to the prospective groom, upon acceptance of marriage proposal and Introduction of both families of the groom and bride.

It is true that some parts are expensive to marry from but this article will focus on the largely unmentioned areas that you can marry from without spending an arm and leg.

I must state here that whatever items any part of the Imo State or any other place in Nigeria require as traditional marriage rites to give out their daughters' hand in marriage is their prerogative.

Below are some of the areas in IMO State where you won't spend an arm and leg to get married (traditionally):

1. Orlu (Ihioma, Umuna etc)

2. Oru West and Oru East (Amagu, Mgbidi, Akata, Ubulu (formerly called, Ubulu Ihejiofor), Nempi etc)

3. Orlu LGA (Awo Idemili, Amannachi, Amaebu, Umuhu Okabia (Cubana Chief priest's village), etc
4. Isu/Njaba axis (Ekwe, Ofekata Orodo etc)

5. Onuimo LGA

6. Nwangele LGA (Linda Ikeji's place)

7. Ideato South and Ideator North (Akokwa, Osina, Obodoukwu etc)

8. Even some places in the feared Owerri is cheap, eg. Agwa

I know that some villages/towns in these Local Government areas may be "expensive" to marry from but you can add other areas that you know are cheap to marry from.

This is a new year, find love, go for what you want. IMO ladies hardly abandon their husbands when things are tough (there are exceptions though), most are hardworking, Most are God fearing, they are the most beautiful, they HARDLY marry and remarry or engage in extramarital affairs, they are sociable, they are ambitious and so on.

NOTE: In every 12 Apostles, there must be a Judas so, pray and understudy your prospective wife.

Expensive traditional marriage can be when you spend 600,000 Naira to 1 Million Naira or more TO FULFILL ALL the REQUIREMENTS IN THE MARRIAGE LIST (decoration, band, DJ, Aso Ebi and other things in a traditional marriage event not inclusive)

While an affordable marriage is when you spend 50,000 Naira to 300,000 or less to FULFILL ALL THE REQUIREMENTS in the MARRIAGE LIST (DJ, Aso Ebi, food, etc not inclusive)

If there are areas that I didn't cover, please add.

It's Orsu LGA not Orlu.


All the places you listed under Orlu LGA are all Orsu LGA.


Nwangele marriage rites na die. They will cut your throat. My uncle married from there.

wellmax:
Thus guy just ended up saying nothing.
Marriages in Imo and entire SE is expensive. That is why their young men do anything for money and they marry very late, same with the ladies.

You are talking in the rubbish.

My younger cousin bro married in his twenties and I have others like that.

So don't say what you don't know.

Late marriage exists everywhere.

imo is no go area for marriage.....them they knw wot I'm saying........ bitches all through.

Youngzedd:



It's Orsu LGA not Orlu.


All the places you listed under Orlu are all Orsu LGA.


Nwangele marriage rites na die. They will cut your throat. My uncle married from there.

Imagine the trash you wrote up there. For you not to know the LGA in Orlu shows you are cooking up your story.

[quote author=naijadrivablog post=98307488]Enough Is Enough: Not All Parts Of Imo State Is Expensive To Marry From

I have read several misconceptions on social media over the years that all parts of IMO State is expensive to Marry from. Even recently, a lady who is supposedly from IMO State made a viral video of how men from IMO don't marry "them" (ladies from IMO State).

I write this article to clear the air about this generalisation about marriage in IMO State. I am a married man from Imo State and well travelled individual and take it from me when I tell you that NOT ALL parts of IMO State is expensive to marry from. Stop the ignorance and stop peddling lies.

Also, I noticed that most people mistake Bride Price to be the only money paid in traditional marriages, as you can hear one say, "IMO bride price na 1 Million Naira", etc.

Bride price in an Igbo Traditional marriage is the agreed sum (by law, it is N50 but families can state the amount they want) paid by the groom or his family member to the family of the bride. This has both physical and spiritual implications as the authority over the bride is passed to the groom and his family via that sum and other rites performed during traditional marriages. Even if you, in a traditional marriage, kill 100 cows, give your inlaws both gold and diamonds but haven't paid the bride price of a woman, YOU ARE NOT married. Most times, a family may charge, for example, N10,000 but will return a sum from it to the groom, while saying that they are not selling their daughter and other pieces of advice.

Apart from bride price, other items like goat, yams, snuff, kola, garden egg and so on are written on a MARRIAGE LIST usually given to the prospective groom, upon acceptance of marriage proposal and Introduction of both families of the groom and bride.

It is true that some parts are expensive to marry from but this article will focus on the largely unmentioned areas that you can marry from without spending an arm and leg.

I must state here that whatever items any part of the Imo State or any other place in Nigeria require as traditional marriage rites to give out their daughters' hand in marriage is their prerogative.

Below are some of the areas in IMO State where you won't spend an arm and leg to get married (traditionally):

1. Orlu (Ihioma, Umuna etc)

2. Oru West and Oru East (Amagu, Mgbidi, Akata, Ubulu (formerly called, Ubulu Ihejiofor), Nempi etc)

3. Orlu LGA (Awo Idemili, Amannachi, Amaebu, Umuhu Okabia (Cubana Chief priest's village), etc
4. Isu/Njaba axis (Ekwe, Ofekata Orodo etc)

5. Onuimo LGA

6. Nwangele LGA (Linda Ikeji's place)

7. Ideato South and Ideator North (Akokwa, Osina, Obodoukwu etc)

8. Even some places in the feared Owerri is cheap, eg. Agwa

I know that some villages/towns in these Local Government areas may be "expensive" to marry from but you can add other areas that you know are cheap to marry from.

This is a new year, find love, go for what you want. IMO ladies hardly abandon their husbands when things are tough (there are exceptions though), most are hardworking, Most are God fearing, they are the most beautiful, they HARDLY marry and remarry or engage in extramarital affairs, they are sociable, they are ambitious and so on.

NOTE: In every 12 Apostles, there must be a Judas so, pray and understudy your prospective wife.

Expensive traditional marriage can be when you spend 600,000 Naira to 1 Million Naira or more TO FULFILL ALL the REQUIREMENTS IN THE MARRIAGE LIST (decoration, band, DJ, Aso Ebi and other things in a traditional marriage event not inclusive)

While an affordable marriage is when you spend 50,000 Naira to 300,000 or less to FULFILL ALL THE REQUIREMENTS in the MARRIAGE LIST (DJ, Aso Ebi, food, etc not inclusive)

If there are areas that I didn't cover, please add.[/quote



Super story..

Sincerely I don't like cheap marriage. This is the only ceremony Jesus attended... If I have the money I can spend 1billion $ for the love of my world. No regret.

greggng:
Things has changed since the started marry Yoruba people . I am not an ethnic bigot but I believe is a good development cos if price is high in the east , they will cross over and marry Yoruba ...that way the greedy parents will be forced to accept what they have been given

I will rather marry a white or Hausa, Plateau, Taraba etc. lady instead of marrying a yoruba lady. Except if her father is extremely connected e.g Otedola etc.

In fact I have dated their ladies more than I dated Igbo ladies. It was towards my final year in school that I dated my first Igbo babe and since then I no dey gbadun dating yoruba babe.

Na Yorubaland dem born and train me, so I know what I'm saying.

yes, because if we focus on for example on making the home comfortable, establishing a family income, and thinking about Children education, that more beneficial, than borrowing millions to spend for food and drinks. But i know the women like to show and imagine the joy of dancing and showing you are having a wedding

edoairways:

Most men and few women will agree however other ladies or women wouldn't

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My brother from another mother am from Arodiziogu too

okoroemeka:
imo state the land of beautiful women,I am from arondizuogu in idea to north LGA,#150k will get you the requirements in the list,while the bride price is #25 naira,you are traditionally married,if you like you can call Lady Gaga to be your mc we don't care.

okoroemeka:
imo state the land of beautiful women,I am from arondizuogu in idea to north LGA,#150k will get you the requirements in the list,while the bride price is #25 naira,you are traditionally married,if you like you can call Lady Gaga to be your mc we don't care.

As if the elders follow this

BabaIbo:


I will rather marry a white or Hausa, Plateau, Taraba etc. lady instead of marrying a yoruba lady. Except if her father is extremely connected e.g Otedola etc.

In fact I have dated their ladies more than I dated Igbo ladies. It was towards my final year in school that I dated my first Igbo babe and since then I no dey gbadun dating yoruba babe.

Na Yorubaland dem born and train me, so I know what I'm saying.

I perfectly understand you . A Yoruba woman gave birth to my son ...getting involve with her is the greatest mistake I have ever made ..what sounds like taboo in the east is fun to them .I schooled here I know the ladies very well. With igbo woman u 've nothing to regret even if u die before her...I am not talking about those igbos born and trained in Yoruba land..

I did not see Oguta in your list.

naijadrivablog:
Enough Is Enough: Not All Parts Of Imo State Is Expensive To Marry From

I have read several misconceptions on social media over the years that all parts of IMO State is expensive to Marry from. Even recently, a lady who is supposedly from IMO State made a viral video of how men from IMO don't marry "them" (ladies from IMO State).

I write this article to clear the air about this generalisation about marriage in IMO State. I am a married man from Imo State and well travelled individual and take it from me when I tell you that NOT ALL parts of IMO State is expensive to marry from. Stop the ignorance and stop peddling lies.

Also, I noticed that most people mistake Bride Price to be the only money paid in traditional marriages, as you can hear one say, "IMO bride price na 1 Million Naira", etc.

Bride price in an Igbo Traditional marriage is the agreed sum (by law, it is N50 but families can state the amount they want) paid by the groom or his family member to the family of the bride. This has both physical and spiritual implications as the authority over the bride is passed to the groom and his family via that sum and other rites performed during traditional marriages. Even if you, in a traditional marriage, kill 100 cows, give your inlaws both gold and diamonds but haven't paid the bride price of a woman, YOU ARE NOT married. Most times, a family may charge, for example, N10,000 but will return a sum from it to the groom, while saying that they are not selling their daughter and other pieces of advice.

Apart from bride price, other items like goat, yams, snuff, kola, garden egg and so on are written on a MARRIAGE LIST usually given to the prospective groom, upon acceptance of marriage proposal and Introduction of both families of the groom and bride.

It is true that some parts are expensive to marry from but this article will focus on the largely unmentioned areas that you can marry from without spending an arm and leg.

I must state here that whatever items any part of the Imo State or any other place in Nigeria require as traditional marriage rites to give out their daughters' hand in marriage is their prerogative.

Below are some of the areas in IMO State where you won't spend an arm and leg to get married (traditionally):

1. Orlu (Ihioma, Umuna etc)

2. Oru West and Oru East (Amagu, Mgbidi, Akata, Ubulu (formerly called, Ubulu Ihejiofor), Nempi etc)

3. Orlu LGA (Awo Idemili, Amannachi, Amaebu, Umuhu Okabia (Cubana Chief priest's village), etc
4. Isu/Njaba axis (Ekwe, Ofekata Orodo etc)

5. Onuimo LGA

6. Nwangele LGA (Linda Ikeji's place)

7. Ideato South and Ideator North (Akokwa, Osina, Obodoukwu etc)

8. Even some places in the feared Owerri is cheap, eg. Agwa

I know that some villages/towns in these Local Government areas may be "expensive" to marry from but you can add other areas that you know are cheap to marry from.

This is a new year, find love, go for what you want. IMO ladies hardly abandon their husbands when things are tough (there are exceptions though), most are hardworking, Most are God fearing, they are the most beautiful, they HARDLY marry and remarry or engage in extramarital affairs, they are sociable, they are ambitious and so on.

NOTE: In every 12 Apostles, there must be a Judas so, pray and understudy your prospective wife.

Expensive traditional marriage can be when you spend 600,000 Naira to 1 Million Naira or more TO FULFILL ALL the REQUIREMENTS IN THE MARRIAGE LIST (decoration, band, DJ, Aso Ebi and other things in a traditional marriage event not inclusive)

While an affordable marriage is when you spend 50,000 Naira to 300,000 or less to FULFILL ALL THE REQUIREMENTS in the MARRIAGE LIST (DJ, Aso Ebi, food, etc not inclusive)

If there are areas that I didn't cover, please add.

Nothing is simple in igbo land, marriage as you can see,burial,plot of land for building ,farm land, friendship,food,courtship, even boyfriend and girlfriend ,apprentices, shop in their markets ,name it ...the list is endless

francdec4:
I am from Nkwerre in imo state actually that's where Linda ikeji is from not Nwangele. Ours is very cheap even our king made sure it's very reduced and this is in the entire Nkwerre community of Imo state. The generalisation is really bad and untrue.

Sorry about the mixup. Na Nkwerre Linda Ikeji come from. Nwanne biri kwa