Alausa: Tinubu Govt targets barriers to girls’ education as First Lady flags off 2m sanitary towel packs

By Felix Khanoba

The Federal Government has actually repeated its dedication to enhancing access to education for Nigerian kids, with a restored concentrate on keeping ladies in school through the circulation of 2 million packs of hygienic towels and discovering products nationwide.

The Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, specified this throughout the nationwide launch of the circulation effort, which was flagged off by the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, at the State House Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The program, tagged “Flow with Confidence 2.0: Keeping Every Girl in School,” was arranged to celebrate the 2026 International Day of the Girl Child and will benefit ladies in public fundamental education schools throughout the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

According to a declaration released on Monday by the Minister’s Special Adviser on Media and Communications, Ikharo Attah, Alausa stated financial investment in kids’s education, well-being and empowerment stayed necessary to nationwide advancement.

He applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for prioritising kids’s education under the Renewed Hope Agenda, keeping in mind that supplying youths with quality education and the required assistance would assist prepare them for future management and other efficient functions in society.

The minister worried that informing and empowering women was a financial investment in Nigeria’s future, including that efforts to get rid of barriers to school presence and knowing would allow them to establish their capabilities, pursue their aspirations and contribute meaningfully to nationwide advancement.

Speaking at the occasion, the First Lady stated the Flow with Confidence 2.0 effort was created to safeguard women’ self-respect, enhance menstrual health and health, and avoid menstruation-related obstacles from interrupting their education.

She remembered that the Renewed Hope Initiative released the initial Flow with Confidence program on October 2, 2025, with the circulation of a 1 year supply of non reusable sanitary napkins to 370,000 schoolgirls in rural neighborhoods.

Senator Tinubu worried the requirement for openness and responsibility in executing the brand-new stage of the program to make sure that the products reach the designated recipients.

She likewise contacted standard rulers, spiritual leaders, moms and dads and other neighborhood stakeholders to work towards getting rid of the preconception connected with menstruation and producing an environment that motivates women to stay in school and pursue their goals.

The First Lady even more divulged that the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) prepared to offer scholarship support through its Learners Retention Support Programme, with a preliminary target of 100,000 students anticipated to get grants of 20,000 each.

The Minister of State for Education, Professor Suwaiba Sa’id Ahmad, explained the effort as a substantial intervention to secure ladies’ self-respect and promote menstrual health and health.

She stressed that menstruation needs to not avoid ladies from going to school, taking part in scholastic activities or accomplishing their instructional objectives.

Ahmad advised the recipients to stay dedicated to their research studies, strive and think in their capabilities, worrying that their aspirations and future contributions was necessary to the nation.

Speaking, the Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr Aisha Garba, declared the commission’s dedication to broadening access to quality fundamental education and lowering the number of kids who drop out of school.

She stated the commission was pursuing this goal through facilities advancement, the arrangement of finding out products, instructor capability advancement and enhanced access to water and sanitation centers in schools.

Garba highlighted the building and construction of more than 4,000 class in less than 3 years, along with the circulation of back-to-school products to over 3 million students in the preceding year.

She included that cooperation with appropriate companies had actually likewise supported the return of 700,000 out-of-school kids to education.

Alausa guaranteed that the Federal Ministry of Education would continue to support programs targeted at broadening academic chances, enhancing student retention and resolving obstacles that avoid kids, especially ladies, from accessing quality education.

He stressed that continual cooperation amongst federal government organizations, households, neighborhoods and advancement partners was needed to enhance academic results and guarantee that every Nigerian kid had the chance to find out, establish and add to nationwide development.