Is church wedding really necessary,......what other form of blessing is higher than that of your parents,......i weep for my fellow africans, celebrating oyigbo traditional wedding and claiming its ''church wedding''. smh!

prettythicksme:
Ur team is losing? wahoo good news.

so ur one of mi rivals! well done ....which of mi rivals r u?

Happy married life.

Wonderful

Anyss:

Too much? In my church in kd. Bishop visited us and confirmed 199 candidates and wedded 23. He wedded them one after d other and not collectively. Mass began by 9am and ended by 6pm.

Wow

gbolakpine:
they felt that their lives were not complete because they had all along shut Jesus Christ out of their marriage.

http://www.kongegist.com/2015/10/photo-jos-holds-mass-wedding-for-52.html

I disagree with the above.. . Since they did traditional wedding. .. God is in the marriage. ..

These couples on the left though...

sorry to say xtians..m nt a religious bigot..hadn't been its muslims dat dd dis kind of weddin u guys wud av gone haywire spewin all sort of pooo

Sijo01:
'Wow' is all I can type

u actually typed more than wow...

wahalababe:

u actually typed more than wow...

Your head is there.

tolustx:
seriously? Your nap isn't complete bro. Go have some more. U rily need it!

Hahaha

Anyss:

Too much? In my church in kd. Bishop visited us and confirmed 199 candidates and wedded 23. He wedded them one after d other and not collectively.Mass began by 9am and ended by 6pm.

Lol that one is strong

smileyz16:
sorry to say xtians..m nt a religious bigot..hadn't been its muslims dat dd dis kind of weddin u guys wud av gone haywire spewin all sort of pooo

gerrout. When kwankwaso did mass wedding for Muslims in Kano, which Christain bad mouthed him?


Kano state government said it spent N238 million to conduct the latest mass wedding ceremony for 1000 couples in the state.
Speaking during a wedding reception organised for the couples at the Government House at the weekend, Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, explained that the idea of conducting mass wedding for divorcees and widows was part of measures to ease the hardship encountered by the less privileged.
According to him, “government will also conduct another round of mass wedding for another 1000 couples as soon as possible.”
He commended the effort of the Hisbah Board as well as the Islamic clerics in the state for making the mass wedding successful.
“I thank Almighty Allah for giving us the opportunity to witness this noble day which our administration, with the help of Allah and the commitment of our clerics,” made possile, Kwankwaso said as he also prayed for the couples to have marital bliss and tasked them to utilise the opportunity given them.
The wedding which is said to be the first of its kind in Africa, took place simultaneously at the Emir of Kano’s palace and the palaces of the districts heads of the 44 local government areas in the state.
In his address, Commandant-General of the Hisbah Board, Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, said that, “the state Government gave a capital grant of N20,000 to each of the brides to run small scale business which will compliment the effort of their grooms.”

smileyz16:
sorry to say xtians..m nt a religious bigot..hadn't been its muslims dat dd dis kind of weddin u guys wud av gone haywire spewin all sort of pooo

Kano, Sokoto, others conduct mass weddings for 3,000


More than 3, 000 couples were married off in various mass weddings held in four states of the North West within the last three years NAN reports.

NAN reports that the mass weddings were initiated by state governments and private organisations largely for widows, orphans and divorcees in the areas.

In Kano State, 2, 450 couples benefitted from the programme introduced by Gov. Rabi’u Kwankwaso in 2013.

Hajiya Zahra’u Umar, the Deputy Commander, Kano State Hisba Board, told NAN that the event was in four phases, with the first set consisting of 100 couples, followed by 250, 1, 000 and 1, 100 couples respectively.

She described the programme as “very successful”, adding that the board had resolved less than 10 per cent complaints it received from some of the couples.

“Some of the cases are attitude related which the couples found after the weddings and they reported to the board for resolution.”

Umar explained that all the couples had undergone series of sensitizations prior to the wedding, to ensure harmonious living.

She revealed that each of the women received N20, 000 grant to set up businesses, so as not to be fully dependant on their husbands.

Umar listed some of the challenges facing the programme to include inadequate time to prepare the couples, managing new behaviours of some of them and health related issues discovered after the marriage.

According to her, the programme has helped to identify those living with HIV/AIDS, some of whom did not even know they have it.

She noted that donations by the public and non-governmental organizations had facilitated the training of the women in various skills to empower them to be self reliant.

According to her, the board has set up a monitoring team to keep track of the couples and offer advice in case of any dispute between them.

In Kaduna, the Secretary, Darul Rahma Foundation, Malam Abdurrahman Adam said that the mass wedding organised by the foundation in April 2014 was a huge success.

Adam told NAN that only six cases of divorce were recorded out of the 100 couples married off during the ceremony.

“The objective of the mass wedding has been achieved. Our target is to reduce the number of unmarried women in the society, and we have done that successfully”, he said.

He said that the foundation was tracking those who benefited from the gesture.

Adam said that the organisation had also set up a dispute settlement mechanism to intervene in case of disagreement among the couples.

“There is no marriage without a problem, so we do settle amicably, issues that crop up from time to time.

“In case of those that were divorced, we had looked at the issues that came up and agreed that the best option was for the couples to separate.

“No man is allowed to divorce his wife without our knowledge. Before the marrige, we signed agreement with them so that any problem that comes up, we have to know”, Adam said.

The secretary disclosed that about N20 million, in cash and kind, were raised for the mass wedding from donations received from the general public.

Adam said N1.5 million was spent on the payment of dowry, while part of the money was spent on the purchase of household items and other materials such as sewing machines, to assist the women establish businesses.

“No amount was give to any man; we ensured that those coming over for the marriage had something doing to support the family.”

The secretary recalled that a lot of people had come over with the intention to cheat, but were detected and sent away.

“Some of them were married but they came and lied so that they can benefit from what we bought for the women like beds, mattresses, kitchen utensils and other things, and when we found out, we retrieved the items,” he said.

He also observed that some of the women sold off the items bought for them instead of utilising them properly to enhance their livelihood.

In Zamfara, the 273 couples that benefited are living peacefully, according to Malam Sani Usman, Secretary, Widows and Divorcees Association, organisers of the mass wedding.

Usman said the mass wedding, supervised by the state Hisbah Commission, was funded by well-to-do individuals in the state.

“The majority of the couples are living peacefully except for some minor cases which we resolved amicably at the association’s level.”

Also, the Chairman of the state hisbah commission, Dr Atiku Zawiyya described the efforts of the association as “wonderful”.

Zawiyya said the state government would soon commence the financing of the programme.

From Sokoto, where the state government spent N30 million on the mass wedding of 125 couples in January, 2014, a new set of 250 couples would soon be joined in matrimony.

“In all, there were 125 couples, comprising of 125 grooms and 125 brides.

“Each of the 125 grooms was given N50,000, out of which a dowry of N20, 000 was paid per bride, N10,000 for wedding clothes and N20,000 for initial upkeep.

“Each of the brides was also given a set of furniture, bed and beddings, and other household utensils,” said Alhaji Aliyu Kofar-Rini, the Chairman, Sokoto State Sunnah Marriage Mediation Council.

He commended the state government for sponsoring the exercise, saying that it had drastically reduced the number of unmarried men and women in the state.

Sijo01:
'Wow' is all I can type

Quote is all I can do.

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prettythicksme:
I always support d winning team

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Smartresult:
All children born before this wedding are born outside wedlock

Very correct. It is however a good thing that the couples who are hitherto cohabiting are now formally wedded and can from now on enjoy the grace of being wedded before God. The children born out of the wedlock will also partake in this grace.

Neyoor:



This is a lesson for ladies, especially the Nairaland ones forming hard to get.



This mass wedding is even better, na for OLX them go dey advertise some ladies very soon.

Ladies still form hard to get? I was thinking either you've got cash and they fall in love instantly, and the very rarely never really seen ones fall for you regardless of your financial status. Lol

What a world! Just as they do Mass Burials every now and then, so do they do Mass Weddings. May God's name be praised now and forever. Thankful to God for the gift of life and the ability to procreate.

What a world! Just as they do Mass Burials every now and then, so do they do Mass Weddings. May God's name be praised now and forever. Thankful to God for the gift of life and the ability to procreate.

Written in about 3 minutes by Multi Facted Nigerian Designer/Photographer: Tonydoo Visuals

You go fear MASS WEDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!