The Federal Government on Friday said it has commenced its free distribution to schoolgirls in the country and had embarked on a policy to subsidise the cost of sanitary pads.

The government also called on companies which produce sanitary pads to key into the gesture as part of their corporate social responsibilities through contributions, price reduction and availability.

The Director-General, National Centre for Women Development, a parastatal of the Ministry of Women Affairs, Mary Ekpere-Eta, stated these during a press briefing held in Abuja in commemoration of the 2019 International Day of the Girl Child with the theme: “Girlsforce: Unscripted…Unstoppable – Empowering girls for a brighter tomorrow.”

She said through such efforts, young girls would not have to suffer as a result of the high cost of sanitary pads.



Sanitary pads largely go for between N250 and N400 per pack, depending on the quality.

Ekpere-Eta said the NCWD was in talks with sanitary pad-producing companies towards ensuring that the price of pad were subsidised.

She said even though much had been achieved, there was still much to be desired as child marriage still existed, alongside daily occurrences of gender-based violence against the girl child with some of them being turned into sex slaves.



She said, “We have a menstrual hygiene corner in our programme whereby many of you could just drop in may be N10 or N20 and there’s an arrangement with most of these companies who produce sanitary pads who will now sell at subsidised rates, which we will distribute to rural areas, especially in secondary schools.

“Be that as it may, we are working further to see how the issue of price will be dealt with. But it is a gradual process and we need to find a way to reach the manufacturers and find out how to reduce the price.

“Through advocacy, we encourage as a corporate social organisation from other agencies and private sector, to ensure that every organisation will buy a certain quantity of pads available to schools and send to rural areas as their own CSR.”


Source:https://dailytimes.ng/fg-commences-free-distribution-of-sanitary-pads-in-schools/

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@ op, This gesture won't last for another 6 months before another person from same government fights it off. Nor be nigeria again?

Besides, where the boys own (condoms)

Good move especially for those in rural areas. It will discourage them from using tissue or cloth as the case maybe. That is if one mofo doesn't high jack the project and siphon the money

What about condoms?

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Good move.. Sanitary pad should be free around the world anyway.

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The Federal Government on Friday said it has commenced its free distribution to schoolgirls in the country and had embarked on a policy to subsidise the cost of sanitary pads.

The government also called on companies which produce sanitary pads to key into the gesture as part of their corporate social responsibilities through contributions, price reduction and availability.

The Director-General, National Centre for Women Development, a parastatal of the Ministry of Women Affairs, Mary Ekpere-Eta, stated these during a press briefing held in Abuja in commemoration of the 2019 International Day of the Girl Child with the theme: “Girlsforce: Unscripted…Unstoppable – Empowering girls for a brighter tomorrow.”

She said through such efforts, young girls would not have to suffer as a result of the high cost of sanitary pads.



Sanitary pads largely go for between N250 and N400 per pack, depending on the quality.

Ekpere-Eta said the NCWD was in talks with sanitary pad-producing companies towards ensuring that the price of pad were subsidised.

She said even though much had been achieved, there was still much to be desired as child marriage still existed, alongside daily occurrences of gender-based violence against the girl child with some of them being turned into sex slaves.



She said, “We have a menstrual hygiene corner in our programme whereby many of you could just drop in may be N10 or N20 and there’s an arrangement with most of these companies who produce sanitary pads who will now sell at subsidised rates, which we will distribute to rural areas, especially in secondary schools.

“Be that as it may, we are working further to see how the issue of price will be dealt with. But it is a gradual process and we need to find a way to reach the manufacturers and find out how to reduce the price.

“Through advocacy, we encourage as a corporate social organisation from other agencies and private sector, to ensure that every organisation will buy a certain quantity of pads available to schools and send to rural areas as their own CSR.”


Source:https://dailytimes.ng/fg-commences-free-distribution-of-sanitary-pads-in-schools/

secondary sch students don Dey see period?

feelme3:
The issue of governance is increasingly looking irredeemable for Nigeria. SMH

What is bad about it?

If you want your own sanitary pad just say the word.

It's a good one, but they should also free books too.

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Commentor:


What is bad about it?

If you want your own sanitary pad just say the word.

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Yeye govt hunger in the land

Na pad we go chop

What will they use it for?

What about condoms? We want gender equality.

Onyi22:
What will they use it for?

cooking i guess

PapalsBull:
Thank God my girlfriend won't asking for money

Where you de rush go

Good gesture, not tomorrow now they will say its another dividend of democracy and add fictitious amount to its procurement. ...

Thank God my girlfriend won't be asking for money to buy sanitary pad Ouch, it is for secondary school, when are they extending it universities ?

Commendable if true

selfwife:
Chai!!!! Federal Government?so with all the issues on human trafficking, security lapses, bad roads and bridges causing untimely deaths everyday,high cost of food ,vat/tax/and all the bills,FSARS extra judicial killings, poor and expensive medical facilities,etc .na sanitary pad them fit help us with..una no go believe sai I feel like crying.
Except this program will involve topics like hygiene education, cancer orientation, sex education and how to defend sexual harassment, it doesn't make sense to me .

Read well. This is a programme by a parastatal under ministry of Women affairs. What's their business with bad roads and insecurity?
If all government MDAs are doing their works properly, won't Nigeria move forward? Everything isn't about ranting!

Chai!!!! Federal Government?so with all the issues on human trafficking, security lapses, bad roads and bridges causing untimely deaths everyday,high cost of food ,vat/tax/and all the bills,FSARS extra judicial killings, poor and expensive medical facilities,etc .na sanitary pad them fit help us with..una no go believe sai I feel like crying.
Except this program will involve topics like hygiene education, cancer orientation, sex education and how to defend sexual harassment, it doesn't make sense to me .

This is great! More grease to their elbow

ursullalinda:
Good move especially for those in rural areas. It will discourage them from using tissue or cloth as the case maybe. That is if one mofo doesn't high jack the project and siphon the money

as if you don't do such also

That's a very good gesture from the government. I am with the government on these.

Some just woke up and their first task is to complain this early morning. Na wa o.

Seriously I will never allow my sisters, girl friend or any woman dear to me use this pad, please give their parent a job not their girls a pad, I hate evil government, you take the job outer the parent so you can play their role and give the kids a bad ideology of their parent, create an environment that the girls can grow up to thrive on don't subsidize their pad and infect it with the low standard Nigeria government is known for please these pads are sensitive stuff, don't allow your your girls use welfare pad, buying pad should not be a government responsibility

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PapalsBull:
Thank God my girlfriend won't asking for money to buy sanitary pad Ouch, it is for secondary school, when are they extending it universities ?

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okay

Same pad some girls use to block toilet pipe line why flush down ur used pad inside toilet?