The Sokoto State Government said onbSunday 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 thenventure 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 thebscreening 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 ofbfemale 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 anothervN20,000 each to boost their businesses.
The commissioner said that the state governor, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko, and thevSultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar,bwould serve as guardians to the brides and grooms at the ceremony.
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
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