Sokoto State Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Alhaji Mani Katami Maichinko has announced that the state government would spend over N32 million for a mass wedding involving 100 couples.
The commissioner, who spoke at the official inauguration of the Committee on Islamic Marriage Mediation asked members of the to carry out their assignment with the fear of God by been fair to all, reminded them that they had just two weeks to complete the assignment.
Alhaji Mani Katami said that the beneficiaries of the mass wedding would be drawn from across the 23 local governments of the state, adding that the exercise is part of the state government’s effort at assisting the less privileged.
The committee which is being chaired by Sheikh Aliyu Kofar Rini, has members made up of the representatives of Sultanate Council, Government officials as well as Islamic scholars. [myad]
