Sokoto—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.
‘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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