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Africans should spend money on the living, not the dead – Reno Omokri
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has advised Africans against spending too much just to give their late parents a befitting burial.
He also spoke against abandoning aged parents in dilapidated houses which he says immediately gets renovated to appear nice when it’s time to bury them
He tweeted:
“A befitting burial takes place when family gather and the dead is put in a 6 feet deep grave. You don’t even need a coffin. You can bury your loved ones the way Christ was buried-wrapped in a piece of cloth. Africa should invest in life, not death!
“Who cursed Africans with this mentality where when your aged parents are alive, they live in a dilapidated house, but as soon as they die, we renovate the house to impress those who will come for the funeral. Spend the money on the living not dead!
“A typical African may refuse to go into debt to pay their dad’s medical bills or child’s school fees. But they gladly go into debt to give their dad a ‘befitting’ burial. It‘s the African curse. We must break it by deliberately creating new customs.”
Who cursed Africans with this mentality where when your aged parents are alive, they live in a dilapidated house, but as soon as they die, we renovate the house to impress those who will come for the funeral. Spend the money on the living not dead!#FreeLeahSharibu #RenosNuggets
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) July 18, 2020
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