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Mass wedding: Committee urged to determine number of widows, divorcees

Jigawa Mass wedding

Jigawa Mass wedding

Birninkudu Local Government Council of Jigawa has asked the state’s committee for mass wedding to determine the number of widows and divorcees in the area.

The Information Officer of the council, Alhaji Mustafa Namadi, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Dutse.

Namadi said the identification of such persons would enable the state government to conduct mass weddings for them in the 27 Local Government Areas of the state.

He said the council would ensure that the committee succeeded in the assignment.

The information officer added that the committee is also expected to obtain the consent of both parties for the marriage, as well as establish the trade or profession of the would-be husband.

According to the Namadi, the committee is expected to verify the health status of the widows and divorcees as well as obtain vows that will bind them to the Islamic faith, among others.

He, therefore, urged members of the committee to discharge their duty with the fear of God in view of the significance of the task.

NAN recalls that on July 16, the Jigawa Government set up a 19-member committee to organise mass weddings for widows and divorcees in the state.

The committee is headed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Abdulkadir Fanini.

The state government said the aim of the exercise was to check the incidence of social vices in the society.

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