Bride Price (aka Bride-wealth) Should be Abolished Share on NP

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I hear that Nigeria' s bride price is too much for some people these days. To give you an idea,in some parts of my country, its now equal to a graduates half year salary. Parents are not even ashamed to utter words like ' she has a degree in x,y, z so you need to double the price' . This kind of business like approach to bride price makes women seem like commodities. Our African brothers will soon be demoralised to marry because of all these demands. Please, lets abolish this traditi