Marriage
has a prestigious and foremost place in the Nigeria culture like in other Africa
cultures, customarily, so much importance is attached to the institution of
marriage and it is normal condition for
both men and women. Marriage is
a longing in the heart of many girls, as an indispensable function to be
fulfilled with as little delay as possible after the age of puberty. So
important was this institution that
an married man or woman was considered as incomplete
and a few satirical songs were composed for such group of people in
the Hausa a culture, there is an
adage that say a man without a wife is
like a big tree without fruit
Ibrahim 1998.
It
is common to see marring being contracted both under statutory law an customary
law. The reason is that, even in modern time marriage in Nigeria is seen as a
purely family matter to which family consent is needed prior to the marriage in
Nigerian is seen as a purely family matters to which family consent is needed prior to the marriage.
This has resulted in the existence of a plural law of succession of property. In modern homes, family
domination during the existence of the marriage is less as, couples, due to urbanization
and migration prefer their extended family.
The notion that
marriage is subconsciously or consciously regarded as a union between
two different families and not only
the couple is displayed
during the traditional marriage ceremony even when the parties to the marriage are matured adults.
May
cutters in Nigeria patriarchal, therefore emphasizing male dominance. A country
especially the Igbo cultural is Abia state are matrilineal. The patriarchal
cultural is greatly portrayed during traditional marriage ceremonies at least to the exclusion of the mother of
the bride and the birder