Yep,
you read right. Last night I decided to find out how much my future husband is
supposed to pay as my bride price when he wants to marry me. About 2 weeks ago,
almost everyone on instagram and social media was talking about an app/website
that was helping people calculate their bride price. I tried checking mine then
but I was having lectures and I couldn’t be messing around with my phone. When
the lectures were over, I had forgotten about it.
I was reminded about it yesterday when a
friend posted a link to an article talking about the people that created the
website. In the article, they said that the website was to be launched about 5
days after it blew up. Apparently someone in the team leaked it out and there
was an instant rave.
It is meant to be a joke and not to be
taken seriously. I am saying this because somebody started a bit of trouble and
said that the site was discriminating. Blah! To that person! It is a joke so
she should just chill out.
Anyway I checked it out and the elders
which calculate your worth after you have answered a series of questions said I
was chassis babe with Nafdac number. For non Nigerians, Nafdac is like FDA in
the U.S that certifies that food, drugs and cosmetic are safe for consumption
or use and they issue out a number for each product. When I saw the Nafdac
number bit, I was like ‘this guys seem to know I am a pharmacist o’! (Nafdac is
supposed to be headed by pharmacists).
I can accept the description but I won’t
accept the amount they concluded I was worth. Imagine they said I am worth
N354,500 (that is about 2200 USD). For what na? Some of my
qualities/qualifications were not included. Like for instance, there was no
pharmacist in the employment area. They put hospital work which had a low value
and civil servant which I had to eventually chose. I think if they had included
pharmacist which would definitely have a high value as it is a noble profession
and one of the best profession in the world (don't hate please), I am sure my
bride price value would be worth more than that.
And then in educational achievement, they
didn’t state other options for post graduate studies. It was just master and
Phd degrees that were included as post graduate options. No considerations for
those of us studying to be fellows like moi….*grinning*. I am sure if they
included all these and more in the calculation for my bride price, it would
have more than 500 million naira (around 315,000 USD)…..lol
Anyhow it is just some plain good fun and
gives you something to smile about. So ladies hurry up and check your bride
price so that your folks know how much to tell your hubby. And the website says
you can check the worth of your enemies too….hahahaha.
The website’s address is http://brideprice.com.ng.