October 27, 2015 – The Kano State Hisba Board has started preparations for mass wedding of 2,000 widows and divorcees in the state.
Director-General of the board, Dr Abba Sufi told NAN that the preparations followed recent directive by Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje to the board to start arrangement for the wedding of another batch of 2,000 couples.
“The governor recently directed us to start preparations for the wedding of another set of widows and divorcees.
“So, the Board has since commenced preparations for the event, expected to take place before the end of the year.’’
The director-general said the board would introduce some innovations to improve on its programmes with a view to addressing other challenges.
“The aim of the programme is to check prostitution and other vices in the society, hence the decision of government to sustain it,’’ Sufi said.
Over 5,000 couples have so far benefitted from the government- sponsored mass wedding programme introduced when Rabi’u Kwankwaso was governor of Kano State.
