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I know of a girl who got pregnant at 13, gave birth and then got pregnant again 3months after her first delivery right under the care of her parents. Her first boyfriend was 16 years old when she got pregnant and the second boy she got pregnant for after her first child was 18 years old.
The second pregnancy had to be aborted and people might be tempted to ask if this 13yr old girl didn’t have parents or access to be informed
She certainly couldn’t continue school because in Nigeria where she is from, pregnant teenagers are not allowed to continue schooling with their pregnancy, for fear of corrupting the minds of the other students in the school. But just recently, she enrolled for a vocational training tailoring and her mother can’t afford to pay for a Tape Rule and Scissors.
It’s also important that I mention that right now, they feed the baby with Pap and Soaked Garri (Cassava) and when the baby was much younger, he was sucking breast milk from the grandmother who is in her 50’s. Please follow me carefully, I’m going somewhere.
Why on earth will a 13year old get pregnant and in 3months, she’s pregnant again. There is a major issue! Where is the place of Parent child communication especially as it relates to sex? I look at this girl and it hurt me so bad because what it takes to give her a bright future or even a hope is Information, Access to Information. She is only 1 out of millions.
OH GREAT NIGERIA! What does your future hold? If young people who are supposed to be the leaders of tomorrow and the future of today are falling prey as a result of Lack of Information.
Imagine a world where we can freely talk about sex with our parents without fear of what their response will be, imagine a world where Information is freely disseminated, and imagine a world where young people have the right information to make their own decisions. The possibilities are endless.
Lack of Information is breaking our future! We must take ACTION. This is a call to ACTION for everyone, not only to the government because Change begins ONLY when you DEMAND FOR IT, as charity begins at home
Be the change you u seek. We are World Changers.
