The Zamfara State government has concluded plans to “arrange husbands” for about 2,000 widows in the state.
The state Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs, Hajia Balkisu Bungudu who made this known in Gusau, the state capital while speaking with newsmen, expressed concern over the increasing number of widows in the state.
Bungudu said that to facilitate the process, the state government had already registered 1,998 widows preparatory to marrying them off, adding that the mass wedding would be sponsored by the government.
She however did not disclose the amount budgeted by the government for the marriage jamboree.
It would be recalled that the Kano state government recently budgeted N100 million for the third batch of its mass wedding in the state.
