Kano To Spend ₦2.5bn To Conduct 3 Mass Weddings in 2025
Kano State Government has budgeted N2.5bn to conduct mass weddings for three times across the 44 local government areas of the state in 2025.
This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Planning and Budget, Musa Shanono, while briefing journalists on the breakdown of the State’s 2025 budget passed into law by the State House of Assembly on Friday, January 31.
Shanono said the government planned to spend N91.32 billion in the governance and service delivery sector for programmes and services including the mass wedding.
According to Him, the commitment was to further entrench responsibility, openness, and the defence of human rights as well as to promote a fair society for sustainable growth as well as improve the living standards of citizens.
Shanono added that out of the amount, N1,000,000,000 has been earmarked for Ramadan feeding, N955,000,000 for manpower statistics survey, general household survey and out-of-school children statistics and N1,049,000,000 for purchase of printing machine, rehabilitation/repairs of general water system, purchase of library equipment at the Government Printing Press.
He further explained that the sum of N267,615,310.86 has been budgeted for provision and equipping of infrastructure, production and printing of Islamic calendar and support for Islamic Da’wah programme/welfare package to new converts to Islam.
