The Kano State Government has earmarked about N1.5bn for its planned mass wedding programme, with each of the 1,500 selected couples expected to benefit from a support package worth about N1m.
The Commander-General of the Kano State Hisbah Board, Sheikh Ibrahim Daurawa, disclosed this on recently while briefing journalists on preparations for the exercise.
Daurawa said the programme, initiated by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s administration, was designed to assist people from poor and vulnerable backgrounds to establish their homes and reduce social challenges associated with delayed marriages.
According to him, the government would provide the couples with essential household items, ...
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Each Kano Mass Wedding Couple To Benefit From N1m Support Package – Kano Govt
Source: Leadership News
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