“Little but Impactful”: Nigerian Couple Wears Their Old Clothes, Wed on R600 Budget
- In cutting their costs according to their clothes, a Nigerian couple settled for a simple wedding which cost R600 (N50k)
- The new groom took to social media to announce his successful wedding, adding that the economy was hard
- Social media users shared their thoughts on the couple's moderate wedding, while some picked holes in the groom's post
Amid the economic hardships in the country, a Nigerian couple, Mr and Mrs Joseph Udu, held a simple wedding on a R600 budget on Sunday, 17 March.
Udu Lucky Obukohwo, the new groom, revealed on Facebook that they got the inspiration for their moderate wedding from Ossai Ovie Success, an advocate of R600 marriage.
Source: UGC
Couple shares their reasons for a low-budget wedding and pictures
"Our 50k wedding according to Ossai Ovie Success.
"We had our traditional wedding yesterday and decided to do something little but impactful.
"Economy hard, you wan come do pass your self join? Do your power and we all go dey alright," the groom wrote.
Ossai Ovie Success celebrates the couple
Reacting to the couple's simple wedding, Ossai Ovie Success commended them for getting married according to their capacity.
He revealed the couple used their old clothes for the wedding and only spent money on the rings.
Ovie urged unmarried folks to take a cue from the newly wedded couple.
Netizens celebrate Mr and Mrs Joseph Udu
Orji King-Maxz said:
"Wow Beautiful. Congratulations.
"Wedding no hard at all, na you wan feed the whole community to impress village people..."
Susanna Okafor said:
"Antenatal in a good hospital is 100k.
"Just saying because I can see that she’s pregnant. I don’t even want to start with how much baby clothes and food cost."
Opeyemi Abejide Jasper said:
"Congratulations to them.
"It's not about the wedding, it's about the marriage."
Godwin Godswill said:
"Who put the law day dey must use suit and gown do wedding?"
Okpara Ogbonnia Daniel said:
"After all if you incur debt na on top your head."
Couple gets married with low-budget wedding
In a similar story reported by Briefly News, a TikTok video of a young South African couple signing their marriage certificate and paperwork at home affairs went viral.
The woman shared how she and her hubby lacked the funds to host a big wedding and were pleased with their decision. Netizens commended the couple for avoiding pressure and debt.
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