Author: Bibi Victoria

Menstrual hygiene is a silent but crucial battle that female students are fighting at the University of Port Harcourt, a citadel of learning, in addition to their academic endeavors. Since sanitary pads are becoming more and more expensive during the recession, many young women are being forced to make tough decisions. Checks show a small pack of sanitary pads which cost N500 earlier this year now sells between N1,000 to N1,200 while the big pack which sold for N1,200 now sells N1,900. The sharp rise in prices of such goods and services, have forced some female students to adopt unhygienic…