The Kano State Government has approved the release of ₦300 million to support beneficiaries of the Hisbah Board’s mass wedding Scheme, with each bride set to receive ₦200,000 as capital and dowry.
Chairman of the Kano State Hisbah Board, Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, disclosed this during a pre-marital orientation programme for prospective brides and grooms held at the Coronation Hall, Government House, Kano.
The lecture, titled “Preventing Challenges in the Mass Wedding Scheme for a Peaceful Family Life,” was organised by the Hisbah Board and fully sponsored by the Kano State Government.
Daurawa said the ₦200,000 allocated to each bride would be paid directly into her bank account after opening one. He added that the state government would also provide complete household furniture for every newly married couple.
He further announced that each groom would receive 10 yards of fabric, a cap, shoes and food items to help them begin married life comfortably, in line with the directive of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.
According to the Hisbah Chairman, a grand wedding reception will take place on Saturday at the Government House in Kano, where prominent Islamic scholars from across the country have been invited to offer prayers for the newly married couples.
Daurawa urged the prospective husbands to treat their wives with kindness, respect and a sense of responsibility, while advising the brides to remain patient and supportive of their husbands to ensure peaceful homes.
He also stressed that the Hisbah Board discourages divorce without efforts at reconciliation, noting that any marital dispute involving beneficiaries of the scheme should first be brought before the Board for mediation.
Daurawa then appealed to couples who benefited from previous editions of the mass wedding programme to attend Saturday’s reception.
