By Suleiman Anyalewechi
Participants in the planned Kano mass wedding programme has been warned against embarking on any frivolous, and reckless divorce efforts.
Although, considered as their personal choices, the Kano state Shariah police, Hisbah Board, has however, insisted that intending couples in the forthcoming Kano State Government-sponsored mass wedding are to seek its input, and advisory before walking out of their marriages.
The Hisbah warning is coming against the backdrop of growing incidents of marriage break-up among couples in the recent past, a development which has resulted in an astronomical increase in the number of divorced women.
Speaking during an inspection visit to the Kano State Agency for the Control of AIDS, one of the pre-marital screening centres, the Commander-General of Hisbah, Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, maintained that beneficiaries of the mass wedding programme must inform the Board before any divorce.
According to him, the Kano State Government which invested heavily in the marriage programme, as part of its corporate social responsibility, is, in turn, expecting the unions to not only endure, but serve as good reference points.
The Hisbah boss emphasized that the Commission has established enough internal mechanisms for conflict resolution which intending couples must explore before going for the divorce option.
“We don’t encourage any frivolous divorce. Any couples who want divorce for any reasons, must approach Hisbah since this were the marriages it contracted.
“We have a reconciliation Committee in place, which job is to sit down with couples, and try to amicably resolve issues, before the divorce option is considered”, Daurawa maintained.
According to him, the measure is aimed at both protecting marriages, as well as the huge investment being made to actualise the unions by the state Government.
He cautioned against abusing or undermining the good intentions behind Governor Abba Kabiru Yusuf’s decision to ameliorate the difficulties the less privileged pass through in their bid to get married.
“Some people sell their land, motorcycles, and even take loans in their bid to get married.
“But the Governor, in his wisdom and rare display of compassion has decided to sponsor 1,500 couples .
“Under the initiative, the State Government will provide furniture, wedding boxes, clothings, food items etc with each couple receiving cash gift of N200,000 representing money for the payment of dowry ,and business start-up.
“This is an investment of over N 250,000 per couple”, the Hisbah Commander-General noted .
Over ,3000 persons are currently being screened by relevant agencies to ascertain their health status before the mass wedding programme.
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