Gov. Mbah’s wife to champion menstrual hygiene management in Enugu

Chinelo Kodilichukwu  Enugu 

Enugu State First Lady, Mrs Nkechinyere Mbah expresses her commitment to championing menstrual hygiene management by working closely with relevant ministries, NGO’s, Community leaders and International Partners to promote supportive environment and distribution of affordable sanitary products, empower women economically, improve Water, Sanitation and Hygiene infrastructure in schools.

Mrs Mbah made this known when she distributed some sanitary materials to selected girls secondary schools in Oghe, Ezeagu Local Government Area, in commemoration of the International Menstrual Hygiene day with the theme “Together for a period-friendly world”. held at Sedes Sapientiae Girls Secondary school.

Menstrual Hygiene Day is an annual awareness day observed on May 28 annually to highlight the importance of good menstrual hygiene management at a global level.

The day, which aims to advocate the integration of menstrual hygiene management into global, national and local policies and programs, was initiated by the German-based NGO WASH United in 2013 and observed for the first time in 2014.

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Addressing the students, she attributed the challenges relating to menstrual hygiene to poverty, lack of access to affordable sanitary products, inadequate water and sanitation facilities and cultural backgrounds continue to hinder menstrual health management which contribute to some of the students being absent from school, low self-esteem and even health complication.

The Chairman of Ezeagu Local Government Area, Mr Vitalis and his wife, Mrs Joy Ndu who commended the first lady for choosing Ezeagu for the programme, promised to cascade it down to other girls secondary schools, even as they called on parents to learn about menstrual hygiene to be able to pass it to their wards effectively.

Some students expressed delight at the gesture and promised to put into practice all they learnt in order to maintain absolute hygiene during menstruation.

The event also featured a health talk/lecture on menstrual hygiene especially on how to manage menstrual pain, presented by the government house medical tea