By Ayodele Oni
Kano State Government has earmarked a whopping sum of N2.5 billion to conduct quarterly mass weddings in the 44 local government areas of the state in 2025.
The State Government had in 2023 conducted a mass wedding of 1,800 couples comprising widows, divorcees, and spinsters selected from the 44 local government areas costing over N800m.
The Commissioner for Planning and Budget, Musa Shanono, disclosed this while briefing journalists on the breakdown of the State’s 2025 budget passed into law by the State House of Assembly.
He said the state government planned to spend N91.32 billion in the governance and service delivery sector for programmes and services of which the mass wedding is included.
According to him the commitment was to further entrench responsibility, openness, and the defence of human rights as well as to promote a fair society for sustainable growth, as well as improve the living standards of citizens.
The commissioner explained that out of the amount, one billion naira has been earmarked for Ramadan feeding, N955,000,000 for manpower statistics survey, general household survey and out-of-school children statistics and N1,049,000,000 for purchase of printing machine, rehabilitation/repairs of general water system, purchase of library equipment at the Government Printing Press.
He also stated that the sum of N267.6 billion was budgeted for provision of infrastructure, production and printing of Islamic calendar and support for Islamic Da’wah programme/welfare package to new converts to Islam.
Others include N589 million for security research and empowerment development, street begging special intervention coordination activities while N200 million is being budgeted for procurement of office furniture, general maintenance of the accountant-general’s office and development of PFM software and reform activities, among others.
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