STOP TRAVELING TOGETHER WITH FAMILY MEMBERS IN ONE VEHICLE OR AIRCRAFT

By Anayo M. Nwosu



I cry each time I read that a whole family is wiped off
either in a road accident or plane crash.
I end up blaming the decision maker of that trip.
It is nothing but a suicide mission.
Igbos pray against this occurrence in a popular name
"Amaechina" meaning "may my family or generation not
be wiped out".

To do a long travel with all members of your family in
the same vehicle from Lagos to the East or North is
tempting fate. It is very dangerous.
Not all accidents are caused by the drivers of the
affected vehicles.
Some causative vehicles have been said to have flown
or somersaulted across lanes to kill those in slowly and
carefully driven vehicles.
Therefore, no one should trust that his own careful
driving can always lead his or her family to an assured
destination.
Why the unwarranted self-induced extermination of
one's own generation?
I could feel someone saying that it is not his or her
portion.
Wonderful!
Whose portion is it then?
The catastrophic occurrence is preventable.
A simple risk management precaution demands that you
should split the traveling family members into two or
more depending on the family size.
The groups should to be led by either of the parents.
The economic logic of traveling together panes into
regret if a tragedy happens.
So many wealthy men don't do long travels in the same
vehicles with their wives when their children are still
young.
As the children grow, couples could travel together with
their wives but should NEVER be in the same plane or
vehicle with their possible successors.
A popular Nnewi name "Agwuncha" meaning "we won't
all perish or die at once" underpins the wisdom to
reduce this risk to the family.
The need to take precaution against death informed the
Igbo name "Onwuamaegbu" meaning "death has no
pattern in occurrence".
Please preserve your generation and avoid dying
together with your loved ones.
That extra cost or inconvenience of separate travels by
your family members would ensure that your family
names remain immortal.
That's the real meaning of "Afamefuna" or "may my
name never be forgotten or lost".
Now you have been warned, please be guided!