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Aside from celebrating marriage, the mass wedding was also aplatform for Kano society to break with old traditions of shunningthose who have been widowed or divorced. The nongovernmental organisation Voice of Divorcees and Widows ofNigeria (VOWAN) estimates that more than 1 million divorcees andwidows live in Kano state alone, and the state government plans tohelp select and marry off 1,000 screened couples in the comingmonths. In each of the 100 couples married in the mass wedding, atleast one spouse who had been previously married. Two blind couples also participated in the mass wedding, in a bidto confront the prejudice that those with disabilities suffer inNigerian society. And because the ceremony was paid for by thestate, it was a welcome break for couples who didn't have enoughmoney to pay for a traditional, and often expensive, Nigerianwedding. Suleiman Alarama, one of 100 grooms to get married at the masswedding, gave thanks and praise to God for making it possible forhim to have another wife. Today, I have taken a second wife after the death of my wife twoyears ago; and my new wife is a woman I love so much. She is sodear to my heart and I have promised Allah to take good care ofher, the 50-something said. According to Suleiman, for one and half years since the death ofhis former wife, he tried to get the new wife, but his ambitioncrashed due to lack of getting his right choice, but theintroduction of this system by the government helped him nowaccomplished his mission to get wife Magajiya Yau Ismaila, a 40-something divorcee, was also gratefulthat the state helped her to get her life restarted, after apainful divorce. I am back to life again," she said after the wedding,smiling. "My marriage crashed six years ago and it has notbeen easy living as a single parent. I have no job or means oflivelihood. But today, Governor Kwankwaso, through the Hisbah Boardhas wiped away my tears. I am now happily married and I feel sogreat. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Thermostat Control Panel , Receiver Drier Accumulator Manufacturer for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Refrigerator Replacement Part.
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