
In a Premium Times opinion piece, Ismail Ahmed examines state-sponsored mass weddings in Nigeria as a form of social policy, arguing that the key issue is not whether such ceremonies are good or bad, but whether public funding measurably improves beneficiary households' trajectories compared with alternative social investments. He contends that if marriage warrants public investment, its outcomes after the ceremony should be evaluated for effectiveness.
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