Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi wants government to remove taxation on sanitary pads and engage in its local production to make it less expensive.
She made this known in Ado-Ekiti while unveiling a project tagged “pads for improved Girl-child Education”.
Erelu fayemi explained that such government
Policy was needed to promote girl child upbringing and keep them in school.
“In rural areas women do not have access to sanitary products, it is safe to say that one in every three girls in the country cannot afford safe and hygienic sanitary pads for proper menstrual hygiene management” she explained.
The governor’s wife also called for sensitisation of adolescent girl child on menstrual health management to prevent environmental hazards associated with indiscriminate disposition of used sanitary pads.
Erelu fayemi remarked that relevant authorities should include girl child education and training in their responsibilities to reduce the risk of getting them impregnated while in school.
The commissioner for Education, science and technology, Dr Adebimpe Aderiye said the initiative would further ensure the encouragement of girl child in school.
The project aimed at given out free sanitary pads to girl child in schools is targeted at twenty thousand across secondary schools in four states namely Ekiti, Ondo, Osun, and Oyo.
