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FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by ikorodureporta: 5:06am On Oct 17, 2019


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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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by Amazingman(m): 5:52am On Oct 17, 2019
Hmmm..

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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by feodan: 5:59am On Oct 17, 2019
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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by sylve11: 5:59am On Oct 17, 2019
@ 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) undecided cool

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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by ursullalinda(f): 5:59am On Oct 17, 2019
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

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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by youngbabaj(m): 6:00am On Oct 17, 2019
What about condoms?

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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by OakConsultNG: 6:00am On Oct 17, 2019
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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by wonuks(m): 6:01am On Oct 17, 2019
Great venture

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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by realestniggah: 6:01am On Oct 17, 2019
Good move.. Sanitary pad should be free around the world anyway.

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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by frankopit: 6:01am On Oct 17, 2019
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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by feelme3(m): 6:02am On Oct 17, 2019
I just tire

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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by ebuk4real(m): 6:02am On Oct 17, 2019
sad sad


I wonder where we are heading to in this country...

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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by Deltatoto: 6:03am On Oct 17, 2019
ikorodureporta:


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?
Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by Commentor: 6:03am On Oct 17, 2019
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.

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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by Nobody: 6:04am On Oct 17, 2019
It's a good one, but they should also free books too.

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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by EzekaUdenee: 6:04am On Oct 17, 2019
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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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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by Kaybaba5(m): 6:04am On Oct 17, 2019
Yeye govt hunger in the land

Na pad we go chop

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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by Onyi22(f): 6:04am On Oct 17, 2019
What will they use it for?
Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by Inflammatory: 6:04am On Oct 17, 2019
What about condoms? We want gender equality. grin grin grin grin

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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by Nobody: 6:05am On Oct 17, 2019
Onyi22:
What will they use it for?
cooking i guess undecided
PapalsBull:
Thank God my girlfriend won't asking for money

Where you de rush go undecided

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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by valentineuwakwe(m): 6:05am On Oct 17, 2019
Good gesture, not tomorrow now they will say its another dividend of democracy and add fictitious amount to its procurement. ...

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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by PapalsBull(m): 6:05am On Oct 17, 2019
Thank God my girlfriend won't be asking for money to buy sanitary pad grin Ouch, it is for secondary school, when are they extending it universities ?

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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by stinggy(m): 6:06am On Oct 17, 2019
Commendable if true lipsrsealed

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!

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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by selfwife(f): 6:06am On Oct 17, 2019
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 .

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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by midnighter(f): 6:07am On Oct 17, 2019
This is great! More grease to their elbow

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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by feodan: 6:08am On Oct 17, 2019
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 wink

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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by kumz(m): 6:08am On Oct 17, 2019
That's a very good gesture from the government. I am with the government on these.

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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by jeffizy(m): 6:08am On Oct 17, 2019
Some just woke up and their first task is to complain this early morning. Na wa o.

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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by Alexanity(m): 6:08am On Oct 17, 2019
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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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by EzekaUdenee: 6:09am On Oct 17, 2019
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PapalsBull:
Thank God my girlfriend won't asking for money to buy sanitary pad grin Ouch, it is for secondary school, when are they extending it universities ?
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Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by whizbee(m): 6:10am On Oct 17, 2019
okay
Re: FG Commences Free Distribution Of Sanitary Pads In Schools by Tonymegabush1(m): 6:10am On Oct 17, 2019
Same pad some girls use to block toilet pipe line why flush down ur used pad inside toilet?

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