I go like hear una own talk for the comments section.
This sounds funny though but you're very very correct, how can a government do mass marriage to couples without empowering some of them on jobs that they will do in other to carter for their family, giving them these items is not enough to propel them during their time in this marriages.
However they also did a good job because sometimes couples are ready to get married but because of these issues of bride price has made most of our young men and women who are due for marriage to remain unmarried.
The most funny part of this is that the government told the couples that they will return the money the government gave to them and return the items in a course of divorce, I now begin to imagine, couples getting married isn't enough reason to stay together forever. Sometimes there are circumstances that require couples to disintegrate maybe due to domestic violence, maltreatment by either of the couples now in such situation you now tell them to return the money the government spent on their marriage, like seriously it's very funny. This marriage is indeed a true definition of "for better and for worst", well they tried at least they've aided the society to reduce the numbers of unmarried people in our society.