Nigeria, March 25 -- PLAN International Nigeria, a Non-Governmental Organisation has commended the Bauchi State House of Assembly for passing a bill to establish free sanitary pad banks in schools, communities and correctional facilities across the state.

Charles Usie, Country Director of Plan International Nigeria in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES on Monday described the move as a "consequential and epoch-making" development, making Bauchi the first state in Nigeria to legislate on menstrual health support for girls.

Mr Usie asked the governor to grant the bill the same swift approval that the Child Protection Bill received in December 2023.

"The new bill on the establishment of pad banks in schools, when signed into law by the sta...