It will be recalled that the state government spent N200 million on the mass wedding organised for 1,500 couples, saying the gesture would help the less privileged.
According to Daily Nigerian, Inusa shocked the residents of Gangare area of Doguwa Local Government Area of the state and organisers of the mass wedding when she went into labour a day after the wedding and later put to bed, a bouncing baby boy.
The enraged groom, Babangida, allegedly forced her out of his house with the baby. It gathered that the person allegedly responsible for the pregnancy, Kamalu, fled when he got wind of the development.
Speaking at the reception organised in honour of the couples by the state government at coronation hall on February 26, the Commander General of the Kano State Hisbah Board, Aminu Daurawa, said the couples were carefully selected after undergoing series of screening.
He said the couples had undergone medical tests and the grooms showed proof of means before the board approve of the marriage.
Mr Daurawa also said the state government had paid N20,000 dowry for each of the groom, provided full furniture sets for each of the bride and donated the sum of N15, 000 to each of the brides for empowerment.
But when DAILY NIGERIAN contacted Mr Daurawa on Thursday, he said he was not aware of the scandal. He however did not express surprise at the incident, saying the exercise was decentralised and left in the hands of politicians this time round.
Asked why he said the couples underwent medical screening on February 26, he said he was referring to the 50 couple slots given to the board headquarters.
"We were suddenly asked to provide list of the couples six months after we thoroughly screened them in conjunction with qualified medical personnel of the ministry of Health. Government decided to allow local governments to handle the exercise. So anything can happen," he added.
Women tho
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In the first place, why are you merging couple who has never took time to study each other if they are compactible? Mallam na mallam anyday, anytime. MUMU government versus mnnu followers.
DeleteThis is one thing I will never understand about my counterparts from the other religion.Why waste public funds on that? I've argued over and over with the learned ones amongst em but none has been able to convince me.in their own defense, they said its a way of assisting the poor who have the ambition to marry but lacks the wherewithal to do it.They also believe its a way of reducing the population of the unmarried in the community.
ReplyDeleteBut instead of organizing such marriages, what if such funds are diverted to something more productive. Something like teaching these people a trade,giving em capital to start up a business, educating the ones who prefer school thereby paving way for a brighter future.
They always argue that research is beeing done on the beneficiaries before the mass wedding is organized but this clearly shows the flaw of the system
HAUSAS GO KILL ME WITH LAUGHTER
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Low IQ government and low life people.
ReplyDeleteHe must stay with the wife or refund the government
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