October 15, (THEWILL) – The wedding of 264 out of the 1,800 couples selected for the mass wedding sponsored by Kano State Government has been suspended as the suitors tested positive to some ailments and are undergoing treatment.
The Commander-General of the Kano State Hisbah Board,the agency saddled with the responsibility of conducting the mass wedding, Sheikh Aminu Daurawa, disclosed this at a reception organised for the couples by the State Government at the Government House,Kano, on Saturday
Daurawa, however, said no fewer than 1,500 couples tied the knot on Friday.
He said after taking the medication, a new date would be announced for the wedding of the remaining 264 couples.
The Islamic cleric said that the wedding scheme had followed due and transparent process, commending the state government for the gesture.
While praying for the couples to have long lasting marital bliss, Daurawa admonished them to fear God in dealing with one another.
In his remarks, the National leader of the NNPP, Senator Rabi’u Kwankwaso, advised the just-wedded couples against checking their spouses’ phones to avoid anything that could lead to the break up of their marriage.
He said checking spouses’ phones by married couples is one of the major causes of marriage breakups, hence the need for the couples to shun anything that could lead to crisis.
Kwankwaso commended the administration of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf for sponsoring and actualising the mass wedding programme.
He also hailed the government for committing over N700 million to sponsor over 600 students to various universities outside the country.
“We have made the right choice by electing Governor Abba Yusuf as our governor. He is a good leader who had continued with our legacies. One of such of legacies is this mass wedding.
“Apart from this, he is delivering mass oriented projects. We call on the good people of Kano state to support his administration,” he said.
Earlier, Yusuf said the beneficiaries of the mass wedding were selected from across the 44 local government areas and the 484 wards of the state.
According to him, not less than 30 couples were selected from each of the 44 local government areas of the state.
He explained that the state government took full responsibility of the marriage, including payment of dowry, provision of furniture, wedding food stuff and N20,000 grant for the brides to start up small scale businesses at the comfort of their matrimonial houses.
The governor,therefore, urged the couples to live peacefully in accordance with the teachings of Islam.
Abdullahi Yusuf is a seasoned journalist, communicator and was previously the Deputy Editor-In-Chief and Zonal Manager, News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Jos, where he retired on December 15, 2021
