The government has presented about 22,000 sanitary pads to public schools in the Ledzokuku Municipality in the Greater Accra region.

The pads are to be distributed to girls from basic to Senior High Schools, as well as technical and vocational institutions in the municipality, who have started menstruating.

Of the total, 8,900 pads went to the three second-cycle institutions, while the remaining 13,100 went to the public basic schools in the municipality.

Speaking at the presentation ceremony on Tuesday, the Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku, Benjamin Ayiku Narteh, said the government was ready to provide initiatives that promote the development of the youth.

He explained that the growth and proper development of the youth were among the priorities of the government and assured them of his readiness to continue providing the needed support to all towards the development of the country.

The MP charged the learners not to sell the pads when they receive them and rather put them to good use for the purpose for which the government provided them.

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Hon. Israel Adjetey Otchwenmah, in an address read for him by the Municipal Coordinating Director, Mrs Rhodaline Adwoa Konduah, announced that the assembly would continue to support initiatives that would lead to the growth and development of people in the communities without discrimination.

He indicated that the assembly would continue to provide the needed support for communities in the municipality so that the people would feel safe and happy to continue with their day-to-day businesses.

The Municipal Director of Education for Ledzokuku, Mrs Theresa Tetteh, commended the government for the package and promised to distribute it to the rightful beneficiaries.

She was upbeat that the pads would go a long way to support the girls to be punctual in school, irrespective of the season or time.

Background

The distribution of the sanitary pad was part of the government’s campaign promise to help improve enrolment in schools, as some girls across the country absent themselves from school when they are in their menstrual period.

This leads to absenteeism and affects effective teaching and learning for some girls across the country.
Apart from improvement in enrolment, the donations are also aimed at ensuring that girls also stay in school and complete it without any hiccups.