The Sokoto State Government on Sunday said it had concluded arrangements to conduct the mass wedding of 100 couples with N32 million by April this year.
The state Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Alhaji Mani Maishinko, disclosed this during a chat with journalists in Sokoto.
According to him, the state government is still waiting for the report of the main committee set up for the purpose of planning the mass wedding.
“The main committee is overseeing the activities of other subcommittees like those on security and medical screening, among others.
“Afterwards, we would organise a one-week training on skills acquisition for the would-be couples,” Maishinko explained.
Maishinko said the state government would pay the bride price for all the 100 would-be brides.
He pointed out that each of the brides would be given a bed, mattresses, beddings and other household items.
“Each of the bride and groom would also be given seed capital to enable them start small scale businesses.
“Measures have also been taken to routinely monitor the marital lives of the couples to ensure the sustainability of the marriages,” the commiss
He added that the state government had taken measures to conduct the planned mass wedding in accordance with Islamic tenets.
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