Sanitation council wants tax reduction on sanitary pads - Vanguard News Nigeria

Dr Virginia Kamowa, the Technical Expert on Menstrual Hygiene Management , WSSCC made this call at the ongoing Training of Trainers Workshop on Menstrual Hygiene Management in Makurdi.

She said that this had helped the countries to make policies which had promoted inclusion and better the lives of women and girls. Kamowa said that the council had realised that lack of adequate WASH services and MHM prevents girls from going to school, women from going to work, especially in informal work settings.

Mrs Christiana Oliko, a representative from the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, noted that women and girls living in rural areas face restricted access or no information to services about their reproductive health and rights. “You will agree with me that menstrual hygiene management is key to healthy, productive and dignified lives for women and girls.’’

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Sanitation council calls for tax reduction on sanitary padsThe Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to reduce tax paid on the importation of sanitary pads to promote menstrual health in the country. ... We should be subsidizing sanitary pads instead of taxing them This is crazy...sanitary pads are made from cottonwood, underlined with thin plastic pad. Nobody can make this simple product in Nigeria. Now you asking FG to lower import duty so more money can exit your country to foreign country...creating more poverty. You're blind. Let women make their own pads, after all our great grandparents used locally made cotton ball and survived to give birth to us with zero health consequence.
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