The
Sokoto State Government said on Sunday that it would give out in a mass
wedding, 250 widows and widowers across the state to give them a new
lease of life.
Alhaji Zubairu Goronyo, the state Commissioner for
Social Development, who announced this at the screening of the
beneficiaries in Sokoto, said that the venture would gulp N30 million.
According to him, a date will soon be fixed for the exercise.
A
correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, who witnessed the
screening that was done to establish the health status of the
beneficiaries, reported that it was handled by various committees.
Alhaji
Zubairu said that beds, mattresses, sets of chairs, curtains and two
sets of female wrappers would be given to each of the 125 brides.
He
said that similarly, the grooms would be given two sets of guinea
brocade, N20,000 each as dowry to formalise the marriage agreement, and
another N20,000 each to boost their businesses.
The commissioner
said that the state governor, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko, and the Sultan of
Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, would serve as guardians to the brides
and grooms at the ceremony.
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
‘The exercise is going to be on a quarterly basis, so as to enable more potential brides and grooms to benefit,” he said
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