Not less than 91 men and 50 women have been registered in Birninkudu Local Government Area to participate in mass wedding according to an article on NAN. The wedding will reportedly be sponsored and organised by the Jigawa Government of the state.

The Local Government Information Officer, Alhaji Mustafa Namadi, made the revelation on Sunday, October 16, during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse. According to him, 10 couples already agreed to get married. He said that the Chairman of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the wedding in the area, Malam Idris Yakubu, made a call to traditional as well as religious leaders to enlighten their followers on the importance of the programme.

Yakubu reportedly made the call when members of the committee paid a visit to the District Head of Birninkudu, Alhaji Garba Hassan, in his place on Friday, October 14. According to Namadi, the LOC chairman said that religious leaders play an important role in ensuring the success of the programme. Namadi and Yakubu jointly appealed to the leaders particularly imams, to sensitise the public at the weekly Friday sermons in their respective communities.

He added that the district head also promised to hold a meeting with the village and ward heads, enlightening them on the need to support the programme. NAN earlier reported that the Jigawa government set up a 19-member committee on July 16, which would organise mass weddings for widows and divorcees in the state.

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How comes its only in the north that we get to hear of state sponsorship of mass weddings?
Are the indigenes so indigent that the government has to come to their aid in such matters?
I hope these governments wouldn't be saddled with the responsible of feeding such homes?

stellx:
How comes its only in the north that we get to hear of state sponsorship of mass weddings?
Are the indigenes so indigent that the government has to come to their aid in such matters?
I hope these governments wouldn't be saddled with the responsible of feeding such homes?

lols, what u said up there is true but this mass weddings has been happening for a while. Maybe govt is trying to reduce fornication/adultery or waywardness i don't know sha but one thing is certain it is a way of increasing her population.