Bashir was one of 1,500 couples who tied the knot on Friday and Saturday under Kano’s state-sponsored mass wedding programme, an initiative that has quietly become one of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s signature social welfare projects. The ceremony, organised by the Kano State Hisbah Board, brought together widows, widowers, divorcees, and low-income singles from all 44 local government areas of the state. If you’re trying to figure out whether an offer related to the Kano mass wedding programme is legitimate, keep these points in mind:1. Genuine beneficiaries go through the Hisbah Board directly: Applications and vetting are handled through official Hisbah Board channels in Kano, not through individuals contacting people on social media or via phone claiming to have “connections.” The Hisbah Board has urged victims and members of the public to report extortion attempts directly to the board or to security agencies for investigation.