The young parents (the new parents) do not spend any of their money in the exercise for it is forbidden by custom. The ceremony should be performed by their loved ones. The qualities of the performer include: he should have stopped procreating; he should have abstained himself from women and sexual acts for more than twenty-one days and he must be respected in the community and must be self-disciplined to the notice of the people around him.
The ceremony is also performed in the evening. The items for the ceremony include a white cock, four kolanuts and a yam. The priest brings his "Ofor" and makes invocational recitations after which he kills the cock and uses the blood on the head of his "Ofor" and decorates it more with the feathers of the cock. The priest presents 4800 cowries or four shillings, now N40/50 or 2400 cowries or two shillings, now N20/25 to the man or woman (grand parent) as the case may be. If it was a woman alone that went to the priest, she must now go home leaving the priest alone with the items mentioned above. The woman shall never partake in eating nor expose the items to be used to her son and his wife (the new parents). It is termed an abomination for the new parents to cast their eyes on the items meant for the high priest. Nowadays, as indicated earlier, respected church goers perform the rite without "Ofor" and eat the items alone. It is believed that if this rite is not performed, good things will not happen in the new born's life. Also at this point, it seems that the objective is to determine if there are names that the gods disapprove of or object to rather than obtaining a lsit of approved names.That's like the Part One of the naming ceremony. The priest and/or church elders are basically finished with.
On the day set for the actual naming and festivities, the mother-in-law (of the new father) would prepare two different dishes and carry them to her son-in-law's house for the entertainment/merriment. She should go to her son-in-law with the following types of food: 1. Oku Ukwa Amalama (Breadfruit) without corn/maize and cooked yam 2. Oku Utara (Akpu, Cassava). All this should happen on "Afor" market day. [BTW, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW THE MARKET DAY THREAD ENDED BUT AFTER I WAS EDUCATED ON THIS MATTER, I'M READY TO BET MY MONEY ON AFOR AS THE FIRST MARKET DAY].
The invitees are the new father's family, his Umunna and his mother's immediate family and the new mother's immediate family. No general public as such! After the usual breaking of kola and prayers, the food brought by the mother-in-law is shared into two equal parts - one for the Umunna and the other for the son-in-law. Of course his family has also been cooking all day to ensure there is enough for the occasion. And nobody is surprised if his share somehow found its way back into the stomachs of the Umunna. At some point when the senior Umunna elder clears his throat and demands an explanation for why his belly has more than doubled in size with all the eating and drinking, the new grandfather replies and some or all of the following in turn take the child - on the lap, in the air, on the chest along with a little dance and proudly announce that for him or her this special gift from God is named.... The list? Both grand parents (that's 2 or 4 different names depending on what was arranged previously); the new parents as one!; any aunt to be so honoured from the new father's side and the new mother's side (one honouree each!). It's all pre-arranged or pre-agreed to. So there are no hassles! After that it is all merriment until chi ejie and folks have to go home. That's it! As cautioned earlier variations may prevail where you come from. But that is neither here nor there! Who knows to what extent "modern times" and money have changed things e.g. it may well be that the public at large now attends etc.