Just imagine the likeness. Someone from Akwa Ibom meets someone from Benue State and they are to become husband and wife.
There is everything good in that: one of the best means of diffusing inter-ethnic tension in an identity conscious but pluralistic society like Nigeria. And when one looks at the academic stature of the parents on both sides, there is the epistemic worth to celebrate there.
So, why shouldn’t all who can afford it troop to this traditional marriage on a holiday like April 11th, 2024? After all, Intervention has it on good authority that, no matter the cost of living crisis in the country, pounded yam is guaranteed at the occasion.
