TheCable

Seven, they say, is the number of perfection. At TheCable, our seventh anniversary offers a unique opportunity to celebrate our strive towards perfection and excellence in the media space.

For these seven years since April 29, 2014, we’ve published under-reported and impact-driven stories, broken excellent stories, explored innovative ideas and covered new grounds that were scarcely highlighted in the industry.

Like the favourite hymnal, this is our story, this our song. We will be highlighting seven of our special stories that have made a huge impact, driven change and sparked public discourse in Nigeria.

FG HAD TO EXEMPT SANITARY PADS, TAMPONS FROM VAT. PERIOD

For many girls in Nigeria’s rural communities, their monthly period comes with “pains” that leave scars in their wake. Largely as a result of poverty, government inaction and lack of accountability, many girls have no usable toilets and running water in their schools or homes. They cannot afford sanitary pads, and are forced to use pieces of clothes, toilet paper, leaves and cotton wool to take care of Aunt Flo. This story details their struggles and anguish as they strive to keep their dreams alive.

Shortly after the publication of the story, fortune smiled on them as the house of representatives demanded that sanitary pads be made available to schoolgirls regularly. The federal government also exempted sanitary products from value-added tax (VAT) in new finance law.

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