LoveNotes: there are 45Million Nigerians not married
45 Million Nigerians Not Married
October 20, 2009By Paul Dada
A total of 45,437,673 Nigerians have never been married in their lives. This is another report by the National Population Commission, and it is based on the 2006 nationwide population and Housing Census recently released.
The same report says828, 056 are separated, 692,910 are divorced while 1,900,402 are widowed.
There are however 48,186,740 married individuals in the country. The study population includes Nigerians who fall within the age of ten and above.
According to the NPC statistical tables, the number of unmarried men is higher than that of the women. While there are 25,969,723 men that are unmarried, their female counterparts are 19,467,950. The number of married men is 22,248,017 as against that of the married women which is 19,467,950.
Women who are separated from their husbands are more than men who are of the same status. Separated women are 495,239 but the number of separated men as given by the NPC is 341,782. There are 225,990 men that are divorced and 473,987 divorcees that are women. The number of widows also supercedes that of the widowers. The widows are 1,693,692 while the widowers whose number is far less than that of the widows are 227,978. There also more married women than men that are married. Married women are 26,312,916 but married men are 22,248,017.
Among the states that make up the federation, Lagos has the highest number of men who have never tied the nuptial knot, with 3,481,452 still single. Kano follows Lagos as the state with the second highest number of unmarried people. It has 2,456,742 unmarried individuals. Rivers is next to Kano with 2, 152,267 unmarried people.
In the same report, the NPC says that there are 28,900,492 households in Nigeria. The commission classifies the households under regular household, institutional household, Institutional household, homeless persons, nomadic household, transient persons and fishing and hunting households. The regular household is that has one of its members as a recognised head and functions as a social unit. There are 28,197,085 of such in the country.
Institutional household are those in which the members have no collective head. They are 382,880. Homeless persons who sleep in public places such as parks and under the bridges are regarded as households and they are 47,674. Homeless households are those who have lost their houses to a disaster or demolition. These are 38,825.
There are 176, 046 nomadic households, 22,932 transient persons households and 35,050 fishing and hunting household. This brings the total number of households to 28,900,492.
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There are 3,481,452 SINGLE men in Lagos – Ladies where are you.
The photo on the left is the latest treat of the Unification Church in South Korea – 40,000 couples around the world in a mass wedding.
the question for today is: why hasn’t any pastor / any religious leader organized mass weddings in Nigeria? Or perhaps the God that ministers to religious leaders in other countries does not minister to our religious leaders? or maybe we are just more spiritual in Nigeria.
With reference to the typical Nigerian “this is how marriage is done” wahala that separates Nigerias’ North, East, South and West, the problem is that each part believes their own tradition/s are the best, and a compulsory ‘must’ for other party; else he doesn’t marry their daughter, else she doesn’t marry their son. Sometimes, the pressure is placed on the parents of the couple, who are expected to pass it on to their kids who do not understand the definition of the “Nigerian Village Mentality”.
And with a lot of marriage-this-is-how-to-do-it’s looking ridiculous, especially for those of us who grew up with yahoo and google, wedding-ceremony is the next big-wahala: a major problem needing a major prayer request and major attention. I never fail to wonder which is of more importance for the average Nigerian: the wedding day or the married life. In fact, a lot of couples get into major debts just for one day in their lives. With the little research I’ve done: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12(I wish), sometimes I feel it would be better just to say the ‘I do’ among a lot of other people and get on with a quiet life.
they say, they say