This may sound really funny but in these hard times, Owambe parties in Lagos State have been gulping billions of Naira, according to the state governor, Babatunde Fashola.
The governor raised the alarm at a function recently, stating that Lagosians spend a whopping N36 billion annually on partying and an additional N1.2 billion on ‘Aso-ebi’ (matching outfits).
According to him, “we did a study between October and November last year; we took just five local governments in Lagos; Agege, Mushin, Ifako-Ijaiye, Ikeja and another one. We studied from Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, three days every week, for four weeks, which was 12 nights. In 12 nights, 1555 parties were held in these local governments.
In terms of drinks, food and all other engagements during such parties, about N1.2 billion was spent and when we dis-aggregated them, we saw how much went to the DJs, MCs, food and drinks, the total picture in the state now and I don’t want to give you a wrong number but it’s something in the region of about N3 billion yearly.”
The governor said that clothing materials worn during such parties, popularly called ‘Aso-ebi’, gulped at least N1.2 billion monthly.
What do you make of this? Funny, isn’t it?
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