This news may sound wierd... but its real in Zamfara
No fewer than 8000 women yesterday marched to the Zamfara Hisbah
Commision seeking the state
governments assistance to enable them get
married.
Led by the chairperson of
the Zamfara widows association, Ajiya 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 8,00 women comprising of 5,380
divorces, 2,200 widows, 1,200 orphans and 80 others whom he said were
looking for men to marry.
