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Kano govt set to screen 3,000 couples for mass wedding June 8
The Kano State Hisbah Board has completed plans to begin medical screening for more than 3,000 prospective couples ahead of a mass wedding programme in the state.
Speaking in a telephone interview with Very Nigerian on Sunday, the Deputy Commander General of the board, Sheikh Mujahedeen Aminudeen, said the exercise would start on Monday across 24 local government areas.
According to him, the screening is part of the preparations for the mass wedding initiative and will be conducted in selected local government councils across the state.
The affected local government areas include Rogo, Wudil, Tudun Wada, Warawa, Kibiya, Dawakin Tofa, Garun Malam, Kura, Dambatta, Karaye, Tsanyawa, Minjibir, Rimin Gado, Shanono, Kabo, Tofa, Rano, Bebeji, Ajingi, Gwarzo, Sumaila, Kiru, Takai and Madobi.
Aminudeen said the medical screening would help ensure that the couples meet the health requirements for participation in the programme before the wedding ceremonies are conducted.
“The screening will commence on Monday, 8th June, 2026, God willing. The couples comprising 1,500 females and 1,500 males will undergo the mandatory screening to ascertain their health status,” he said.
According to the Hisba official, the board, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the State Agency for the Control of AIDS, has completed arrangements to screen the couples for HIV/AIDS, drug use, genotype, hepatitis B, and other sexually transmitted infections, including gonorrhoea.
The Deputy Commander General added that the registered couples had been directed to visit Hisba offices in their respective local government areas for the screening, warning that anyone who failed to show up would be delisted.
“After that, only those who pass the health screening will qualify,” Aminudeen added.
The Kano State Government, under the leadership of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, reintroduced the mass wedding programme as part of renewed efforts to check prostitution and other social vices, especially among young women and girls whose parents lack the financial means to marry them off in the state.
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