Popular Nigerian clergyman, Kingsley Okonkwo, has sent a message to young men who are yet to be married.
The cleric says that many men in their forties lack financial stability because they chose not to get married.
He explained that married men make more money than single men generally and statistically.
He wrote: ‘’If you are a single man above 28-ish, of course this is not cast in iron, but one of the best things you can do for yourself is to marry. Many single men think ‘it is because I don’t have money that I am not married’. No, it is because you are not married that is why you do not have money.
Statistically, married people make more money than single people. The reason is because married people have to. Married men make more money than single men. generally and statistically. The reason is simple.
“As a single man, you don’t have to make more money. That your Noodles is enough for you, That your friend that is married and has food in their house, you visit and the food given sustains you. If you are a married person, whether you like it or not, you have to make more money and the way life works, once you set your mind that you have to do something, the circumstances and resources you need to do it comes. The moment you set the things in motion, everything within you, your spirit, soul and body, all will begin to ransack this earth to make sure you are able to move to that next level.
“There are three things or four a young man needs to get married. None of it is money. By the way, the bible is clear that there are certain things you must do in the days of your youth. Getting married at 40 is not the days of your youth.
“There are three things the bible says you must do in the days of your youth. Number one, bear your burdens in the days of your youth, that means pay the price for your career or field when you are young and have energy. Number two, know the lord in the days of your youth. Number three, marry the wife of your youth. You must marry when you are young because as time goes on, managing every other thing involving marriage is affected if you are not young.
“Most young men don’t know. Everything about you begins to change after 40. So that is not the time to start a new venture. You should have done that early so that you can grow with your children, pass some things to your children”
