Celebrating a wedding anniversary is a common thing. Every couple wants to celebrate their wedding anniversary with pomp and show. But when a Nigerian couple is celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, it is being considered historic. Today we will tell you why everyone is looking at this couple’s anniversary with such surprise.
Divorce capital
Kano in Nigeria is also called the divorce capital. According to a BBC report, Mahmood Kabir Yakasai and Rabiatu Tahir have recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, which everyone is praising. Let us tell you that almost all marriages fail in the northern city of Kano in Nigeria. Mahmood Kabir Yakasai and Rabiatu Tahir told that they have 13 children and Rabiatu has ignored a lot to run the house. At the same time, both of them told that they love and respect each other. This is the reason why the marriage has lasted for so many years, but in Kano, most couples’ marriages do not last long. This is why Kano is called the divorce capital.
Most divorce cases
The highest number of divorce cases occur in Kano, Nigeria. 39-year-old Hasna Mahmud shared her experience with the BBC and said that she has married 5 times and has not been able to live with anyone for more than 4 years. That is why Mahmud Kabir Yakasai and Rabiatu Tahir’s 50th anniversary is worth celebrating. She said that whenever I hear people calling Kano ‘the divorce capital of Nigeria’, I feel bad, I hope things change.
Divorce-divorce and divorce
Kano is not called the divorce capital for nothing. Let us tell you that the divorce rates in Kano had increased a lot in the 1990s. Hundreds of marriages break up every month in Nigeria’s most populous state. The BBC conducted a research in collaboration with the local government in 2022. Which revealed that 32% of marriages in Kano state last only between three to six months. It also revealed that some people aged 20 to 25 have already married three times. Not only this, people in Kano get married at a young age, often before the legal age of 18. The research also believes that the easy way of divorce in Islam may be a factor, as husbands can simply say to their wives, “I divorce you” or write it on a piece of paper and it ends."https://www.abplive.com/gk/how-to-get-a-visa-to-go-to-america-what-questions-are-asked-in-the-visa-interview-2733761">What questions are asked in the visa interview to go to America? Know these things before applying
