Thirty-five women were,
yesterday, disqualified by
the Kano State Hisbah
Board from participating in
the mass wedding
organised and sponsored
by the state government.
Those disqualified included
19 divorcees said to have
tested positive to HIV and
16 others said to be
pregnant.
Altogether, at least 1, 111
divorcees and widows from
the 44 local government
areas in the state were
joined in matrimony at the
City Central Mosque during
a brief but colourful
ceremony.
* Second-time brides
It is another round of mass
wedding conducted by the
Chief Imam of Kano Central
Mosque, Professor
Muhammad Zaharadeen.
The event was attended by
the state Deputy Governor,
Dr Umar Ganduje, along
with top Islamic clerics
across the state.
However, each of the
grooms signed an
undertaking not to divorce
their spouses without
recourse to the board, as
contravention will attract a
N50,000 fine.
Addressing the couples
shortly after the ceremony,
Commandant, Kano Hisbah
Board, Sheik Daurawa
explained that the measure
was adopted to check rising
cases of divorce in the
state.
He said: “We cannot fold
our arms and watch our
heritage destroyed. What
we have done remains the
best in the light of several
cases of divorce among
couples in the state, to halt
the destruction and
bastardization of our
heritage,” Daurawa said.
Governor Rabiu Musa
Kwankwaso of Kano State
hosted the couples to a
grand reception at the
Government House, beamed
live on radio and television
stations across the country.
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