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 various
committees handled it.
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 formalize 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
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