Another 1,000 Divorcees, Widows Up For Mass Wedding In Kano

The Kano State Hisba Board said on Thursday that it had commenced preparations for the mass wedding of the fourth batch of 1,000 widows and
divorcees in the state.

The Director-General of the Board, Abba Sufi,
told reporters in Kano that the preparations
followed directives by Governor Rabi'u
Kwankwaso.
"The state Governor, Dr Rabi'u Musa
Kwankwaso , has given us the go-ahead to start
preparations for the wedding of another batch of
1,000 widows and divorcees," he said.
He said the wedding that would be conducted
very soon, was part of the efforts of the
administration to curtail prostitution and other
social vices in the society.
The government had in the three previous
batches, sponsored the mass wedding of 100,
250 and 1,000 widows and divorcees, on
different occasions.
Mr. Sufi said the state government planned to
ban street begging in the state, particularly by
destitute females who constituted the larger
percentage of beggars on the streets. He said the
state plans to repatriate destitute persons to
their various local government areas and states
of origin, especially those that were not from
Kano State.
He said those from the state would be given
N10,000 each as free capital to enable them to
start small businesses of their choice.
"The state government has plans for the
destitute women and other categories of beggars
and this is the reason why it is planning to ban
street begging in the state," he said.
On child abuse, the Director-General said the
board had handed over a number of such cases
to National Agency for the Prohibition of
Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for appropriate
action.
He called on parents in the state to ensure
proper upbringing of their children in order not
to destroy their future.