Major reasons why some Nigerians marry late has been identified by a relationship expert and marriage counselor, Mope Ogunlusi. She highlighted some of the reason for late marriages in Nigeria to issues of genotype compatibility, financial status and parental influence on who a child should marry.
According to her claims, she had been a counselor and matchmaker for 15 years. Mope Ogunlusi disclosed this on Saturday, 6th April, 2019 in Osogbo, the Osun State capital in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Mope Ogunlusi stated that “A lot of Nigerians are still single and unmarried despite reaching the marriageable age bracket because they often times find it difficult to find the right partners.”
She added that, “The act of searching for a partner with the right genotype and looking for a financially capable partner are creating problems for singles in selecting a partner and often times eliminating the feeling of love.”
“Sometimes, people fall in love just to find out that their genotypes are not compatible and this often times lead to searching all over for a new partner, often times leading to frustration if the same incompatibility keeps re-occurring.”
According to her, a lot of Nigerian singles now have little or no time to socialise and search for a life partner because of the financial pressure they face on daily basis. She added that, “The need for financial security and meeting daily needs has created a routine life style for a lot of people and finding time to socialise has become difficult because of the time invested in searching for daily needs.”
She stated that, “In addition to the financial security challenges individuals face, some ladies and men were becoming choosy in selecting their partners based on his or her financial position and status.”
She said the trend of looking for rich men or ladies to marry was creating a corrupt cycle that has eaten deep into the fabric of marriage as a sacred institution ordained by God. She also stated that some parents set standards for their children on who to marry which adds to the problem as some parents usually set “specification of the kind of man or woman their children can marry in terms of looks, tribe, ethnicity, educational qualification and finance’’.
She, however, said that matchmaking outfits were trying to help eliminate these problems created by social ills and nature by creating a platform for singles to meet and have their dream marriages come true.
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