It is wisdom to prevent someone from whom one cannot accept repayment to have access to one’s valuable possessions.
More Nigerian Proverbs:
Your own rags are better than another's gown.Nigerian
If a person who curses another is not better than the person he curses, a request is never made of him to rescind the curse.
Nigerian
Choose your fellow traveller before you start on your journey.
Nigerian
A farmer does not conclude by the mere look of it that a corn is unripe; he tears it open for examination.
Nigerian
A child does not die because the mother's breasts are dry.
Nigerian
A child's face is his mirror.
Nigerian