Eye witness reports

The Ohofia undergraduates Association, weekend, sensitized secondary school children on sex education, menstrual hygiene, gender as well as career choice and dangers of cultism, amongst other life issues not included in thier study curriculum in Ebonyi State.



Eye witness reports; no fewer than 500 students who were drawn from different secondary schools assembled at Ohofia community secondary school in Ohofia, Ishielu Local Government Area of the State for the seminar.



The focus based ranges from mental health, Entrepreneurship, Drug abuse, cultism, citizenship, menstrual hygiene, career choice, goal setting, sexuality as well as human trafficking.



The President of the Association, Queen Deborah Chisom Igwe, said the aim was to expose the students to sensitive topics in life that they should be aware of, particularly those issues not included in thier curriculum.


"The essence of the seminar is to sensitize the students on some sensitive topics that are not included in thier curriculum,


"such as drug abuse, human trafficking, mental health, menstrual hygiene for girls, and when you look at it you'll discover that these topics are not included in thier curriculum". Igwe said.


She pointed drug abuse as a global pandemic that has done much harm than good to the society, noting that sensitizing the children would create the awareness they need to help them cope with anxiety.


"like most of these girls don't know how to handle thier menstrual hygiene, and it's very important to create the awareness in them so they will not be victims of lack of knowledge.


"we try to help them network, and to help them in career choice, some students are very intelligent but they lack fluency when it comes to communication, but when you bring like minds together, it would help to network better", She added.


Queen Deborah equally called on teachers, as well as principals in secondary schools to as much as possible organize such Seminars to help the children, and urged the Government to also include "these topics in thier curriculum so that it will serve a learning guide for the children".



Some of the resource persons includes the coordinator of NANS zone B, comrade Olisa Alfred Nwurukwu, Mr Onwe Augustine Onwe, the State Field officer of Youthhub Africa.



They encouraged the students to acquaint themselves with thier civic responsibilities as well as identify the need to rise above gender stereotypes and become successful in the society irrespective of backgrounds.



Also present at the event was Prince Darlington Igwe, he taught the students on the dangers of indulging in drug abuse, Dr Edwin Elechi on mental health, while Mrs Ukwuta Christian further exposed them into career choice as well as Barrister Aliugo Christian, who talked about cultism, both resource persons pledged to fund the school fees of students who'll Emerge winners of the quiz competition at the event.


One of the students, Miss Precious Dike, from government girls technical college Agba, said the event was worth it and Thanked the organizers noting the huge benefits of the seminar to them as young people.



Ohofia undergraduates association is a body that unites students of the community, both home and in diaspora that are in higher institutions such as the school of health, polytechnic and universities.

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