A decent, low-key society wedding in Lagos last year would have cost somewhere in the region of N7 million to N10 million and I’m talking about a no frills, bog standard, it’s all over by 6 p.m. society wedding. Putting a nice round figure to it, in today’s money, that’s something in the region of $25,000. In, reality however, most society weddings that you attended or heard about in 2017 would have cost upwards of N14 million (38,000 good old American Dollars). Of course, it’s possible to have a wedding in Nigeria and spend less than N2 million. Heck, if your budget is N500k and you want to get married, you can get married and move on with your life but the weddings I’m talking about are the Instagram hashtag weddings; the champagne flowing, Let’s put things in perspective for a minute and take an average cost of say N10 million for such a wedding. That’s about $27,000. This includes the cost of the rings, dress, and reception but excludes the cost of the honeymoon. Guess h...