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.
Via: Vanguard
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