The Jigawa State government yesterday inaugurated a 19 member committee that will work out modalities to marry off widows and divorcees.
Inaugurating the committee in Dutse, the Secretary to the State Government, Adamu Abdulkadir Fanini, said the committee was saddled with the responsibility of identifying qualified widows and divorcees from across the 27 local government areas of the state.

 Although, the criteria for selecting those to be married off by the government has not yet released, the SSG said they plan to marry off widows and divorcees to reduce social vices in the society.
Speaking, the chairman of the committee, who doubles as Special Adviser to the Governor on Religious Affairs, Mustapha Sale Kwalam, assured the government and people of the state that his committee would carry out the duty diligently.