Lucky Obukohwo Reporting
Kano State Government has dropped 40 intending brides out of 1,800 couples slated for a mass wedding for failing pregnancy test.
It also said that those that were screened and found to have hepatitis B have been dropped from the list of the intended couples.
The mass wedding was scheduled to take place on Friday at the Central Mosque in Kano.
The Public Relations Officer of Kano State Hisbah Board, Ibrahim Fagge told newsmen that the reception for the couples would take place on Saturday at the Government House.
He also noted that the wedding of couples at the 44 Local Government Areas would take place at the various Islamic centers at the various areas, while maintaining that all is set for the historical ceremony.
He also noted that the board equally discovered a number of the intending couples who tested positive for HIV, but pointed out that the Board was yet to receive the details of the infected or ascertain the exact number of cases from the state ministry of health.
Fagge also indicated that there were a few couples who had genotype issues adding that such couples would not be wedded.
He stressed that all efforts have been made to ensure that the proper things, medically and otherwise were done ahead of the mass wedding while expressing optimism that the couples would have a blissful marital life thereafter.
Truth Live News reports that mass wedding of intending Muslim couples has been a social policy of past and present government in the state which targets eligible but financial incapable citizens.