Mass wedding: Kano begins medical screening for 3,000 couples Monday

The Kano State Hisbah Board has concluded arrangements for the medical screening of no fewer than 3,000 prospective couples ahead of the planned mass wedding programme in the state.

The board’s Deputy Commander General, Sheikh Mujahedeen Aminudeen, told The PidomNigeria in a telephone interview on Sunday that the screening would commence on Monday in the 24 local government areas of the state.

He listed the local government areas as Rogo, Wudil, Tudun Wada, Warawa, Kibiya, Dawakin Tofa, Garun Malam, Kura, Dambatta, Karaye, Tsanyawa, Minjibir, Rimin Gado, Shanono, Kabo, Tofa, Rano, Bebeji, Ajingi, Gwarzo, Sumaila, Kiru, Takai, and Madobi.

“The screening will commence on Monday, 8th June, 2026, God willing. The couples comprising 1,500 females and 1,500 males will undergo the mandatory screening to ascertain their health status,” he said.

According to the Hisba official, the board, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the State Agency for the Control of AIDS, has completed arrangements to screen the couples for HIV/AIDS, drug use, genotype, hepatitis B, and other sexually transmitted infections, including gonorrhoea.

The Deputy Commander General added that the registered couples had been directed to visit Hisba offices in their respective local government areas for the screening, warning that anyone who failed to show up would be delisted.

“After that, only those who pass the health screening will qualify,” Aminudeen added.

The Kano State Government, under the leadership of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, reintroduced the mass wedding programme as part of renewed efforts to check prostitution and other social vices, especially among young women and girls whose parents lack the financial means to marry them off in the state.