The cheapest pad in the market is sold three for N250.00 and a girl having heavy flow may use up to five pads in a day. If one multiplies five pads in a day by four days, it means, she may use 20 pads per month. That means, a lady will spend almost N1,500.00 every month for pad.
Meanwhile, a 25-year old girl, Mercy Kennedy, who is waiting to enter into a university in September, said her mother cut some pieces of clothes which she is using as sanitary pads every month since she can’t afford to buy pads. She appealed to the government to find a way to subsidize sanitary pads because they are essential commodities.
