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Kano State government yesterday approved the implementation of the first phase of a pilot scheme involving 100 of the 1,000 widows and divorcees seeking husbands.
The scheme tagged “Zawarawa marriage scheme”.
The government has earmarked N15 million to the Hisbah Board to facilitate the project.
Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Alhaji Yusuf Bello Dambatta, briefed reporters at the end of the weekly State Executive Council (SEC) meeting, presided over by Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso at the Government House.
He stated that the council also agreed to release N217.46 million for the relocation and construction of the new Kano state Drugs and Medical Consumables Supply Agency complex at Kwanar Kwankwaso, Madobi local government are while N33.5 million was approved for the first phase of civil works for converting Bee-Zee-Bee Hotel into the state Primary Healthcare Development Board headquarters.
Yusuf said N97.6 million was approved for the provision of street lights at Kofar Ruwa–Kofar Mazugal–Triumph and Waje Friday mosque roundabout. N16.8 million was set aside for settlement of compensation to owners of structures to be affected by the construction of the second state-owned university, North West University.
The commissioner added that the council agreed to release N29.6 million for the provision of uniform and kits, training, allowances and logistics for 250 Traffic Attendants employed by the government, pointing out that N20 million was approved for the procurement of working tools and cleaning/ rehabilitation of drainages in Kano city.
He added that SEC approved a proposal for a private sector powered Bus Mass Transit intervention on selected roads in the state capital as well as another offer for the establishment of a world-class Hospitality and Tourism Institute in the state capital.
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