Over 8,000 women on Thursday marched to the Zamfara Hisbah Commission
seeking the state government’s assistance to enable them get married.
Led by the Chairperson of the Zamfara Widows Association, Hajiya Suwaiba
Isa and their patron Alhaji Sa’idu Goshe, the women said they were not living
a normal life and needed husbands to become whole.
“Many of us cannot afford two meals in a day because there are no men to
support us,” they said.
The patron, said the association has over 8,000 women, comprising 5,380
divorcees, 2,200 widows, 1,200 orphans and 80 others, whom he said, were
looking for men to marry.
He said the women also needed assistance to purchase household items
such as beds, mattresses and other basic necessities needed to move to
their husband houses.
Goshe appealed to the commission to assist the association in screening
suitors for the women.
He said the screening would determine the suitors health status, source of
livelihood and ability to maintain a family.
Responding, the Chairman of the commission, Dr Atiku Zawuyya, commended
the association for the initiative, saying it would assist in ridding the society
of women of easy virtues.
Zawuyya promised to present the matter to the state government for
necessary action, but urged the patron to also set up a similar body for men
to make the pairing exercise easier.
Nigerian Eye
Written by Top Blogger
We are Creative Blogger Theme Wavers which provides user friendly, effective and easy to use themes. Each support has free and providing HD support screen casting.
0 comments:
Post a Comment