WIFE of Kebbi state governor and Founder, Medicaid Cancer Foundation/CEO Medicaid Diagnostic Center, Dr Zainab Shinkafi Bagudu on Tuesday, lamented the 6 million figure of out-of-school girls, saying this is rather appalling. Dr Bagudu made the assertion at the 25th anniversary of Procter and Gamble (P&G) existence in Nigeria and its “Always keeping girls in school” programme, held at the Government Day secondary school, Karu, Abuja. “A lot of girls are out of school because they don’t have a way of taking care of themselves when they have menstrual periods. “Girls are still using rags and even feathers, some sit in the bush for over five days that they have their period. By the time you are missing three days or seven days every month you will be underperforming,” she added.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 20, 2018 16:30 UTC