NIGERIANS PRAYING FOR MORE FUNERALS

Why more funerals?
Aren’t funerals sorrowful events?
Why wish someone dead?
No, funerals are joyful events in Nigeria

A family without electricity
For three years and counting
Hires 2 generators for a funeral

A family without meat
For two years and counting
Kills 3 cows for a funeral

A family that can’t afford new clothing
For 4 years and counting
Splashes money on funeral uniforms

A family that eats rice
Once a month
Massacres 10 bags of rice for a funeral

How is this possible?
Death attracts sympathy from
Friends and enemies of the deceased

Your friends form
Committees of Friends
Friends, who never bothered to
Help you while you were alive

Your enemies form
Committee of Enemies to
Ensure that you are properly buried
So you don’t hang around to bother them

Now, you understand
Why funerals are joyous in Nigeria
The hungry get fed
Friends show their generosity and
Enemies settle old scores!

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