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Imagine what our country Nigeria is turning into, i went to a cyber cafe "internet centre" a few days ago to check my mail. there was mail from advocates for youth titled "lets talk about sex". Innocently i tried opening the mail not Knowing it would lead to an embarrassing experience and also a shocking discovery. Don't worry people i will carry you all along in this must tell tale that proves how young people are being denied access to basic sexual and reproductive health information.
This is how it all went, i entered into the cyber cafe bought time( two hours worth), and started to browse. i opened my mail, and saw the message from Advocates for youth. immediately i tried opening the message the computer logged off, well not knowing what the problem was i logged in again and tried to open the mail. Did this several times with the computer doing the same thing, well i went through the same routine for a while thinking i wasn't doing some thing right. Finally i was tired and i called the attention of the provider to what was going on, from the distance he was, he answered me saying almost immediately that the computer was logging off because i was opening some thing related to sex. Before you Know it, i was the centre of attraction as about ten heads that were supposed to be browsing like i was turned to look at me( with that kind of stare that says " you! surfing the net for porn!"). Dump founded at first, i just stared. then i started to explain how it was just a mail that i tried to open, what even shocked me more was the man started to shout on top of his voice saying that he could see something on his computer that said "lets talk about sex". I even went as far as showing him the mail, but he wouldn't burg saying there was nothing he could do. Not knowing what else to do i asked for a refund so i can go to another cafe and make good use my money, he said this wasn't possible either. In the end all i could do was swallow my anger and check other mails in my box, without going anywhere near "lets talk about sex".
in the end of it all, i started to wonder how lame some minds can be, therefore depriving young people access to information about sex. Information that would prevent them from engaging in sex ignorant of what it is about. Well all we can do is hope, push and pray that the government would one day put up a law that protects the sexual right's of young as regards getting information freely. Till then we can only go to cafe's where they do not have such outrageous restrictions!
hi berry beauty, when i started reading this blog at first i went like from light faced casual to serious with righteous anger. what kind of era is this? the stone age or the iron age? why is the issue of sex still an idea to be discuued in the secrecy of the homes while young people suffer the consequences. i think young people should take a stand against it and in fact i very much agree with sex education to be included in the school curriculum. thanks for sharing this with us!