Sokoto state plans mass wedding for 250 widows, widowers

Sokoto state plans mass wedding
for 250 widows, widowers
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