The Kano state government has graciously approved a whopping sum of N854 million for the first phase of the Auren Zaurawa Mass Wedding Initiative.
MUK TV understands that this is a palliative measure to assist indigent indigenes who are within marriageable age to get married.
In preparation for the wedding, the state government disclosed that it had procured furniture and other materials for the mass wedding ceremony of 1,800 intending couples.
Sheikh Aminu Daurawa, the Commander-General of the board, said this when he inspected some of the items for the wedding on Wednesday in Kano.
He said the government had set a budget of over N800 million for the purchase of clothing materials, food items, furniture, and other necessities for the wedding.
“Each bride will receive a set of beds, mattresses, and pillows, as well as N20,000 to start up a business.
“Some philanthropists have pledged to contribute their quota to ensure the success of the wedding.
“1,800 couples will benefit from the gesture, which would go a long way in curtailing societal vices and poverty in society, as many marriages were being postponed due to the inability of parents to sponsor the wedding,” he said.
Mr. Daurawa said that the wedding date would be announced to enable residents and individuals willing to assist to contribute their quota toward the desired objectives.
He added that criteria had been set for the selection of the beneficiaries, adding that those who divorced their spouses on flimsy excuses after the marriage would be made to pay them back by the government.
