Thursday, October 9, 2025 - The Kano State Government has directed the State Hisba Board to commence preparations for the wedding of no fewer than 2,000 couples under its mass wedding programme.
The board’s Deputy Commander-General, Sheikh Mujahid
Aminudeen, told PUNCH Online in a telephone interview on Thursday, that the
board would soon begin preparation to ensure the success of the event.
“We are planning to conduct a mass wedding of another batch of
2,000 couples as directed by the state government under the leadership of
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf,” he said.
Even though the Commander General did not state the actual
date for the grand event, he noted that there are procedures for the conduct of
the marriage.
According to him, all prospective couples who registered
must go for medical screening to ascertain their health status as they would
have to undergo HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, genotype and drug test screening, among
others.
“All prospective couples interested in the wedding must
register before participating in the state-planned mass wedding.
The medical screening is also part of the prerequisite
arrangement of the mass wedding proceedings, and it’s compulsory because
anybody who fails to present himself or herself for the screening will be
automatically disqualified,” he said.
According to Punch the administration of Governor Abba Kabir
Yusuf reintroduced the mass wedding scheme as part of efforts to support girls
and women, including widows and divorcees, as well as spinsters whose parents
want to marry them off but lack the wherewithal to shoulder the responsibility
or cost of preparing the process.
The reintroduction of mass weddings in Kano State aims to
check prostitution and other social vices, especially among divorcees, widows
and spinsters in the state.
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