The Commander General of the Kano State Hisbah Board, Sheikh Aminu Daurawa, announced that in the upcoming mass wedding in the state, 50 slots have been allocated for journalists to have their loved ones participate if they desire.

He made this announcement during a press briefing on Thursday in Kano.

Following the success of the last mass wedding, which saw about 1,800 couples married off, the board decided to extend the invitation to interested members of professional groups and trade unions.

“We have allocated 50 slots to journalists and other members of the media who are interested in participating in the mass wedding program,” Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa stated.

He added that the board would also include legal practitioners and health workers in the next batch of the exercise.

Sheikh Daurawa hinted that the essence of the mass wedding program is to entrench moral values in society and reduce immorality among young men and women.

In a related development, Sheikh Daurawa has urged Hisbah personnel across the 44 local government areas of the state to re-commit themselves to the job or resign.

He made the call during a meeting with heads of Hisbah commands in the 44 LGAs in the state at KERD conference hall in Kano City on Wednesday

He said the Hisbah management has since provided written guidelines to help operatives understand their roles and responsibilities.

He explained that the Hisbah board has collaborated with Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano (YUMSUK), Amine Kano College of Islamic Legal Studies, Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education and the Department of Islamic Studies at Bayero University, Kano (BUK) to establish a Hisbah Academy.

When established, the Hisbah Academy would be an institution where formal knowledge and skills pertaining to Hisbah work would be taught and certificates would be awarded to its graduates. (Nigerian Tribune)

•Couples are seen beside brides at the venue of a wedding reception at the Kano state governor’s office after taking part in a mass wedding at the central mosque in Kano city, Kano State, Nigeria, on October 14, 2023. – The mass wedding is sponsored by the Kano State government in Nigeria to help widows and divorcees get remarried. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP)