**NIGERIA IS A MESS IF GIRLS ARE USING RAGS INSTEAD OF PADS – AND YOU’RE PART OF THE PROBLEM (YES, YOU)**

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### **THIS ISN’T A “WOMEN’S ISSUE” — IT’S A NATIONAL EMERGENCY**

Let me be crystal clear.

If you live in Nigeria and you’re not screaming about the menstrual hygiene crisis, you’re part of the reason this country is struggling .

Period.

No pun intended.

You think I’m joking?

70% of schoolgirls can’t afford pads. 70%. PERCENT.

They’re using rags. Newspaper. Leaves. Sometimes *nothing at all* while their bodies go through a completely natural process that’s been happening since the dawn of time.

And you? You’re sitting there watching videos of people falling down stairs on Instagram like a braindead monkey.

This isn’t just a “women’s issue.”
This is a national disgrace.
A moral failure.
A public health catastrophe.
A betrayal of our future.

We are failing our girls so hard it makes my stomach turn.

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### **THE TRUTH IS UGLY — AND IT STARTS WITH YOU**

Pay attention

Menstruation is not a problem.
Poor menstrual hygiene is.

But for decades, we’ve treated this like a dirty secret. Something to whisper about behind closed doors. Something shameful.

Guess what?

It’s NOT.

It’s biology. It’s life. It’s human.

Yet in Nigeria:

– **70% of schoolgirls lack access to sanitary products.**
– **1 in 10 African girls misses school during her period.**
– **Many women are still banished from homes, told they’re cursed, and forced into isolation because they’re bleeding.**

This isn’t tradition.
This is abuse dressed up as culture.

And who’s responsible?

You are.

Yes, YOU.

The politician who’d rather build another wasteful road than fund WASH infrastructure.

The CEO who thinks CSR means slapping your logo on a hand sanitizer dispenser.

The pastor who preaches “modesty” while girls rot in shame.

And you, the average Nigerian, who sees this disaster and says, “Not my problem.”

You’re not innocent.
You’re complicit.

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### **THE SOLUTION IS SIMPLE — BUT NOBODY WANTS TO DO IT**

I’m not here to preach love and unity.

I’m here to tell you what needs to be done — and who needs to do it.

#### **TO THE GOVERNMENT (YOU’VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING NOW!!!):**

– **Remove taxes on sanitary products — NOW.** If you can’t even do that, then why did we vote?
– **Integrate menstrual hygiene education into the school curriculum.** Ignorance is not innocence — it’s sabotage.
– **Provide functional toilets in schools.** If a girl can’t wash her hands in privacy, you’re not running a school — you’re running a biohazard zone.
– **Declare menstrual health a public health priority.** If you won’t, then the future of Nigeria is bleak!

#### **TO CORPORATE NIGERIA (YES, YOU WITH THE FANCY SUITS):**

– **Sponsor pad production.** Employ women. Train them. Pay them fairly.
– **Adopt schools or LGAs.** Deliver pads quarterly. If your company can’t do this, your CSR is a joke.
– **Train youth advocates.** Every NYSC member should be a soldier in this war. No excuses.

#### **TO CHURCHES, MOSQUES, AND CHIEFS (YOU HEAR THAT, OGA?):**

– **Preach dignity.** If your sermon doesn’t affirm that menstruation is normal, your religion is toxic.
– **Host community dialogues.** Invite boys. Invite men. Teach them that women aren’t cursed — they’re Slaylebrity warriors.
– **Banish taboos.** If you won’t, you’re not a leader — you’re a terrorist in a wrapper.

#### **TO YOU, YES YOU, THE “AVERAGE CITIZEN”:**

– **Talk about periods.** At home. At work. At the barbershop. If you’re too “ashamed,” you’re part of the disease.
– **Donate pads.** Mentor a girl. Volunteer with BWS. Stop waiting for someone else to fix your country.
– **Call out ignorance.** If your uncle says periods are “dirty,” tell him to read this post Politely.

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### **WHAT BWS IS DOING WHILE YOU SNOOZE**

While you’re debating this on WhatsApp, Body Without Spots (BWS) is out here fighting like soldiers.

Our initiative “Pads, Power & Purpose”? It’s not a charity gimmick — it’s a war plan.

– **Educating 12,000 girls** across 27 states.
– **Training NYSC members** to become hygiene warriors.
– **Advocating for tax-free pads**.
– **Teaching rural communities** how to make reusable pads.

This isn’t “woke activism.”
This is national survival.

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### **THE CALL TO ARMS: THIS IS YOUR WAR, NIGERIA**

Menstruation isn’t a “women’s issue.”
It’s a **humanity issue.**

A nation that can’t handle its women’s biology doesn’t deserve to call itself a nation.

So here’s your choice:

– Keep failing girls and watch Nigeria rot from the inside.
– Or step up, act like adults, and fix this mess.

There’s no middle ground.

This is your wake-up call.

**Do something. Now.**

Or admit you’re a failed nation.

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### **FINAL WARNING:**

If you finish reading this and don’t share it, donate pads, volunteer, or demand action — you’re not woke.

You’re weak.

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**#PeriodFriendlyNigeria #PadsNotPoverty #EndTheSilence #BWSArmy #BWSWasHere**

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**P.S.** The next time you see a girl missing school because she can’t afford a pad, don’t ask why she’s struggling. Ask yourself why you didn’t do anything about it.

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