General News of Thursday, 12 February 2026Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Ministry of Education has ordered a comprehensive audit of sanitary pads distributed under the government’s Free Sanitary Pad Initiative due to complaints that some pads supplied in 2025 were of poor quality. The Consumer Protection Agency raised concerns that some pads distributed to schools did not meet acceptable standards. Addressing journalists on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, the Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, announced that a team of auditors have been tasked to review the quality of sanitary pads received by schoolgirls in 2026. Free Sanitary Pad Initiative: Veep seeks private sector collaboration“I asked a team of auditors to go around the schools and do an audit of the quality of some of the sanitary pads that were supplied, because I received concerns from the Consumer Protection Agency of Ghana as to some poor quality of some of the sanitary pads that were supplied last year,” he explained. Government to launch free sanitary pads distribution initiative for female studentsThe Free Sanitary Pad Distribution Programme was launched by President John Dramani Mahama in April 2025 to provide free pads to girls from Primary 5 through senior high school nationwide.

Source: GhanaWeb February 12, 2026 19:07 UTC