3,000 Applicant Screened For Gombe Mass Wedding

The Committee on Mass Wedding in Gombe State
on Tuesday said it had commenced screening of
3,000 applicants for the second batch of the
exercise.
Alhaji Abdulkadir Abubakar, the Publicity Secretary

of the Committee and Senior District Head of
Gombe, disclose this in an interview with the News
Agency in Gombe.
Abubakar said the committee, which had different
sub-committees, was mandated to screen
applicants for pregnancy, HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis,
among other cases.
He commended the state government for
introducing the programme, which was meant to
assist the less privileged to get married.
According to him, the scheme will reduce the
spread HIV/AIDs in the state.
He said the committee had consulted traditional
rulers and other stakeholders to ensure success of
the exercise.
The sopkesman said application forms for the
programme had been distributed to 11 local
government areas of the state as it was done in the

first batch of the initiative.
He said successful applicants would be provided
with dowry, foodstuff, clothing, furniture and
kitchen utencils.
NAN reports that 720 couples were married out
across the state under the first batch of the
programme in April.
They include 612 Muslim divorcees (Zawarawa), 76
Muslim Spinsters and 32 non Muslims.
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