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.
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 ₦50,000 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.
Vanguard
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