Married in School, Single at Home by Dominic Smith
Thinking about this topic, I’ve been wondering who the focus of this article should be. Girls, Boys or both.
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| Dominic Smith Amanah |
In almost every tertiary institution in Nigeria,you find ‘undergraduate couples’ living as husbands and wives. You find a lot of these misguided people in virtually all schools.
It’s so bad that, often times,they are duly recognised and acknowledged as couples by lodge neighbours, classmates and even leaders of various students associations. Little wonder there is such an award as “The best couple of the year award” shamelessly and thoughtlessly received by students. However as stated earlier, I really don’t know the particular gender to address but let me just go on with this article. The rate at which girls stays with their boyfriends in their various off campus hostels is painfully alarming.
Most of these young girls are very beautiful, innocent looking with bright and promising futures. They cohabit with boys who are their fellow students as roommates or lovers. The lugubrious part of it is that the silly girl would always introduce the small boy as her fiancé. Our society is really sick courtesy of those that live in it.
These girls collect either hostel fees or house rents from parents who may be struggling to cater for them and end up in the house of a boy.
You struggled possibly for several years to gain admission. Then you suddenly became a prayer warrior posting and shouting ‘Amen’ at the slighted provocation. You fasted. You had one prayer point filled with promises of your loyalty and devotion to God if only He would answer your prayer. Now that He has fulfilled His part by answering and granting you admission, don’t you think He is expecting you to fulfill your own part, to keep whatever promises you made to Him.
Many of you just got admission and once you settle down (especially from your second year), crazy thoughts will begin to creep into your minds. Yes by then, the heat of the rush would have been over. Hence I will could by saying "A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE".
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