Gender
Foundation harps on menstrual hygiene management, seeks support for girls
The Messenger of Hope International, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has decried the management of menstrual hygiene among women especially girls and called for support to tackle period poverty.
Ms Chinwe Ogbuja, founder of the foundation, made the call on Sunday at the organisation’s outreach in Durumi 1 Community, in Abuja.
Ogbuja said that the aim of the outreach was to teach people in communities about menstrual health and also lend a hand to ending period poverty by giving out free sanitary pads.
She said that the measure became necessary to assist in ending poor menstrual hygiene that could result in infection and other health challenges in the future.
“Our goal is to reach as many girls as possible, we do this through donor funding from organisations and individuals like Transcorp Hilton, online donors among others.
“We were in Kabusa and we are here in Durumi 1 today, we are going to move to another community next week.
“Our call as the Messenger of Hope International Foundation is for well-meaning Nigerians to see this as a cause that everybody needs to be part of.
“Once a girl becomes an adolescent she starts to menstrate and it is not optional, it is something that happens in every month, it affects her education and everything in life,” she said.
Ogbuja hoped that people would be committed to at least donating as small as N700 for pad, to give a girl the chance to manage her period effectively every month.
She added that the plan is to establish a pad pantry where girls could walk in and get free pads to manage their monthly period.
“This way, girls will have less to worry about every month because sometimes period poverty holds back a lot of girls from pursuing careers and it affects their health, mental health among others,” she said.
Dr Clinton Itotoh, a Menstrual Hygiene Therapist, taught the girls to understand how period works; how it flows; how to end menstrual cramps naturally and how to use pads.
According to Itotoh, who is also the Founder of Menstrual Advantage Therapy (MAT), the major causes of female health issues like fibroids and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) infection among others is the lifestyle they live.
“These are what you eat, what you ingest, the chemicals you are exposed to have underlining health challenges, so I always advise females to stay away from them, especially sugar.
“As a lady you can avoid these things so that your body will naturally flow in the default setting that God has created it.
“However , if you introduce all these negative things to your system, definitely over time, you will start experiencing a lot of all these underlining uterine issues,” he said.
Mrs Saratu Tanko, Women Leader, Durumi 1, commended the foundation for the kind gesture, adding that the lecture had helped the girls to know how to manage menstrual hygiene.
Tanko said that the pads would also go a long way to assist the women because they would not have to buy pads for two to three months.
“We are grateful to you for remembering us in Durumi 1, to bring such kindness to us, may God remember you and reward you,” she said.
A Nigerian bride who went for her pre-wedding photoshoot has insisted that men are scum.
The pretty lady was seen looking all glammed up while at the photo studio as she sent out a cautionary PSA to women.
She jokingly insisted that all men are scum. They’d make a woman get married to them, even if they don’t want to.
When someone asked what her husband-to-be is, she said that he’s her personal scum.
David Hundeyin had released an audio of the minister threatening victims of s3xual assault by Prof. Cyril Ndifon, Dean of the Faculty of Law.
Kennedy-Ohanenye, in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja, reiterated her commitment to justice, safeguarding and advancing the rights and welfare of Nigerian women, including the pursuit of justice whenever their rights were violated.
She emphasised her unwavering dedication to upholding due diligence and the rule of law, recognising that justice and fairness were the fundamental principles upon which equitable societies were built.
“I wish to express my sincere apologies to those who were offended by my comments and actions regarding the sexual harassment scandal at the University of Calabar.
“This is extremely regrettable, as my intentions were sincere and aligned with my consistent advocacy for the welfare of Nigerian women and the pursuit of justice.
“I stand for all Nigerian women and I stand for justice and it is my hope that we can work together to actualise the dream of a country where women’s rights are respected and protected and where our daughters feel safe in institutions of learning,” she said.
Some suspected victims of child trafficking in Imo state have been intercepted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, spoke on Sunday while giving details of the agency’s activities across the country.
Babafemi said the operatives made the interception while on patrol along Aba-Owerri expressway on Wednesday.
According to the spokesperson, the girls were suspected to be victims of child trafficking.
He said they were picked up while being relocated from their hideout in the Naze area of Owerri, the state capital to another part of the city.
Babafemi identified the victims as Chioma Emmanuel, 15; Uma Faith, 15; Divine Adimonye, 17; Opara Gift, 15; and Amarachi Mbata, 16.
“In their statements, they claimed they didn’t know the men who impregnated them,” he added.
“The Imo state command of the agency has since been directed to hand them over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, for further investigations.”
Speaking on more activities, Babafemi said the agency arrested a passenger identified as Ugwu Peter Tochukwu who was travelling through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport to Oman on a Qatar Airways flight.
“Upon a thorough search of his luggage, 7.50 kilograms of skunk were discovered concealed inside crayfish mixed with dry bitter leaf,” Babafemi said.
“In the same vein, NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigations attached to some courier companies also intercepted Dubai-bound 2.9 kilograms of skunk and 14 grams of methamphetamine concealed in bags of semovita and soles of ladies’ high heel shoes respectively.”
MORE ARRESTS IN ABUJA, OGUN, KOGI
Babafemi said two suspects identified as Moses Akowe, 32, and Sunday Gabriel, 31, were arrested with 227.1kgs of cannabis on Tuesday in Ikebe village, Ankpa LGA of Kogi state.
The agency said 27-year-old Kingsley Chimaobi was arrested with 6,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup along Lokogoma-Abuja road on the same day.
“A total of 100 blocks of cannabis weighing 55kgs and 600 bottles of codeine-based syrup seized from the duo of Salisu Murtala and Shafi’u Dahiru on Tuesday 11th September along Abuja road have been traced to two other suspects: Muntari Nasiru and Yusuf Ali who were arrested in follow up operations in Kano,” the statement added.
“Meanwhile, a Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday 13th September sentenced to five years imprisonment a drug dealer, Segun Odeyemi for trafficking and dealing in 3,842 kilograms of skunk.
“He was arrested on Saturday 1st July while conveying 89 jumbo bags of the illicit substance in his truck around Eleganza area of Ajah, Lekki. He was subsequently charged in suit number FHC/L/388C/2023 presided over by Justice Akintayo Aluko.”
Babafemi added that the agency is committed to ridding the country of illicit drugs.
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