The study is to access the Kano state government social programme of reducing "Zawarawa" (menless womendivorcees, widows etc). The aims of the study is to evaluate the Zawarawa mass marriage programme, to identify factors responsible for high marriage breakdowns, to identify the effects of failed marriages on its victims as well as to recommend measures on how to reduce the incidences of marriage breakdowns in Kano State. Six officials of the Kano state Hisbah Board and 200 beneficiary women were served with questionnaires administered in English and Hausa Languages respectively. The results shows that mass marriage programme have been accepted by majority of the target population, that there is high success rate, and it has reduced level of poverty amongst the beneficiary women. The study recommends the expansion of the Mass Marriage Programme to other states of Nigeria and countries with similar social problems.

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