March 12, 2021
By Aruna Kamara (Bo)
The First Lady of Sierra Leone, Madam Fatima Maada Bio has cautioned school girls in Bo not to allow the men to fool them with the purchase of an expensive mobile phone in order to have sex with them. She said such temptations will destroy their promising future.
She made this statement at the distribution of the Sanitary Pads to school girls in Bo, which took place at the Queen of the Rosary Secondary School in Bo past Saturday.
The First Lady encouraged the pupils to always say no to the gift at the moment as there is no free gift, noting that nothing is more valuable than acquiring education.
Madam Bio told the girls that becoming pregnant while in School is against human dignity, and called on them to say no to the boys who come around in school for sex. She said that it is not bad to have sex but they need to wait until they are educated.
First lady called on the school girls to delete the phone numbers of the men who after them to destroy their future through early sex. She cautioned the teachers who are in them habit of dating their pupils to desist from it.
She called on the pupils to stand up against rapist as those who want to sexually penetrate them must remember that it is a felonious offence punishable by law.
Madam Jabbie Bio spoke about her sixty thousand sanitary pad distribution across the country, saying her husband has been very supportive of the venture “just to see that the girls stay in school to achieve their education…”
She added: “I don’t want my ladies in school to use an unhygienic piece of cloth during their menstrual period but sanitary pad that is under very good hygienic condition” she stressed.
She cautioned them: “don’t sell it as it is a crime.”
First lady called on them to always put three in the school bag and be always ready for their menstrual period as part of the biological make up, which cannot be controlled.
Madam Bio thanked all those who in diverse ways have contributed towards the raising of the funds for the procurement of the sanitary pads.
A pupil of Queen of the Rosary Secondary School in Bo, Agnes Pratt lavished praises on the first lady for what she described as an educative lecture, meant to motivate them to achieve their education.
Agnes confessed that she has been using a piece of cloth because her parents could not buy her sanitary pad and sometimes she does not come to school because the piece of cloth cannot properly absorb the messes, which drops on her uniform and ultimately become a subject of mockery among his colleagues who have not started experiencing their menstrual period.
“With the sanitary pad given to me, coming to school is now going to be regular,” Agnes reassured the first lady.