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.“Many of us cannot afford two meals in a day because there are no men to support us,” they said.
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
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