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Sunday, December 22, 2013

Kano Mass wedding: Kano State Govt. spends N278m to marry off 1,111 women!

Mass-wedding 
Kano State government has said that it spent a whooping N278. 270 million to facilitate the wedding of 1,111 couples under the fourth phase of its divorcees, widows and spinsters mass marriage programme.
This translates to an average of N250, 468. 046 per couple.

Addressing the couples at a civic reception organized by the state government, Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso stated that the money was used to procure furniture, textile materials, foodstuff as well as provide grants for the brides and other essential items.