(VIDEO)‘Our school children can produce toothpick, sanitary pads’ – Minister of Women Affairs advocates for pupils to join production lines just as it is done in China

The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has asked state governments to start thinking of ways to involve pupils in various schools in what she termed ‘’urban development.”

While speaking at the Anambra Investment Summit in Anambra yesterday September 7, Kennedy-Ohaneye advocated for the reduction of school days so that students would use the free time to manufacture essentials such as toothpicks, sanitary pads & cotton buds. She said pupils should be made to be involved in production lines just as it is done in China.

‘’I am pleading for us to look into more production of some of these things in our society especially the necessities like the matchbox, the toothpick, cotton bud, sanitary pads, and stuff like that. Let us introduce urban development in the schools. If we can think about using Fridays as free for our children to start producing things just like they do in China. In China, even young kids get involved in production” she said

Watch a video of her speaking below…