Every 11 October is marked as the international day of the girl child all over the world. This year federal polytechnic was not left out, as it also marked the day it was celebrated in a very unique style under the leadership of comrade Rukayya .R. Usman, the Macosa women leader. The occasion was graced with good numbers of dignitaries in the department ,other departments and outside the school environment. The head of department (hod) of mass communication.Dr. Gambo Ibrahim Ahmad, Dr. Ashara, Mrs yetunde, Mal. A’isha magaji, Dr. Fati, Dr. Jamima and Dr. Comfort from textile department and in collaboration with Dr. Jallo who is the founder of the Non Governmental Organization jamar and other notable people present, especially all the female students of mass communication department.
Dr Gambo Ibrahim Ahmad welcome all that were present and thanked the women leader for organizing the programme and stressed the need for us to look for the girl child in our society and also remind us of the importance of the girl child. After the opening remark Mal. Sanusi also gave us some insight of what is expected of the girl child and he also gave some problems of the girl child according to UNICEF that out of Four (4) girls is out of school and uneducated and she is force to early marriage by her parents. He further noted that genital mutilation is now illegal and any parent caught in the act will be sentence to three months imprisonment or a fine of five thousand naria also under age marriage among other things that is not in line to make the girl feel safer.
Dr. Fati, she made a very notable speech on the importance of the girl child having access to sanitary pads. She went further to stress the need for us that is we that are girls and are educated to work hard and harder to see how many girl child we can push further and see that she completes her education, Dr. Fati said those who are desperately in need of sanitary pads is the girl child in interior villages and even the urban areas that cannot afford sanitary pads, giving instance the young girl child hawking grandaunt, kuli kuli, maize cannot afford sanitary pads. So it is our responsibilities as girls to help the girl child have access to sanitary pads.
One of the representatives from ‘Wepad’ NGO, stressed the need for hygiene how we should take proper care of our bodies and environment as girls, and also helpful to us as girls. and through her over five thousand female students present went home with a Mopped sanitary pad.
Dr comfort encouraged us on having a handwork, she said it will help us beyond our imagination and how surprised we can actually be if we learn a handwork and put in our best to it, it will take us places. She used the representative of ‘Wepad’ as an example that despite she works with an NGO she runs a business of gbomo and she pub-lice her business without shame and any form of intimidation.
The founder of jamar health foundation Dr. Maryam Mohammed Jallo educated us present on the female genital virginal, types of family planning, symptoms of diseases such as HIV, hepatitis, cancer, etc. And to go for regular check up.
The event came to a closure with the Mopped being shared and it was indeed an interesting one and it was highly educating.
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