The Kebbi State Government is to sponsor a mass wedding for 300 couples across the state scheduled for Feb. 27 and approved N54m for the 300 beneficiaries.
Alhaji Suleiman Argungu, Chairman of the Organizing Committee told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi that the wedding is organized in collaboration with Nafisa Nasir Charity Development Foundation, an NGO.
Argungu disclosed that various committees had been set up with specific tasks such as pregnancy test, genotype test, HIV/AIDS test and other lawful prerequisites for marriages in the state.
“The state government will provide N180, 000 as dowry for each bride from the 21 Local Government Areas of the state, amounting to N54m for the 300 beneficiaries.
“Other additional items will be provided such as room furniture and foodstuffs to all the couples to consolidate their marital relationship.
“The mass wedding was in fulfilment of a promise made by Gov. Nasir Idris during the last mass wedding that it would be held periodically to assist the less privileged to get married,” he said.
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