By Ikugbadi Oluwasegun
Kebbi State Government has sponsored no fewer than 300 divorces, widows and indigents who got married to their loved ones at a maiden mass wedding.
The maiden wedding took place at the Abdullahi Fodio palace in Gwandu Emirate, Birnin Kebbi, on Sunday.
The wedding was organised by the state government under Hajia Nafisa Nasir Idris, wife of the state governor, through her pet project, Nafisa Nasir Development Foundation (NANAS).
Governor Nasir Idris, who presided over the wedding, advised the couples to be friendly and confident of each other.
Muhammad Usman-Ankwe, Represented by the Speaker of the state House of Assembly the governor announced that such mass weddings would be held periodically to assist the less privileged men and women to be joined as husbands and wives.
Mr Idris said his administration provided N21 million as dowry for the 300 brides from the 21 local government areas of the state, with each bride getting a dowry of N70,000.