The Bauchi State House of Assembly has passed a bill to establish sanitary pad banks in schools, correctional facilities, and community centres throughout the state. The Chairman of the House Committee on Health, Mr Lawal Dauda, presented the bill at Wednesday’s plenary. Dauda emphasised that the free sanitary pad banks would address menstrual hygiene management challenges and reduce absenteeism in …

The Bauchi State House of Assembly has elected Hon. Babayo Akuyam as its new Speaker. He represents Hardawa Constituency in Misau Local Government Area (LGA). The House also elected Hon. Ahmed Abdullahi, representing Dass Constituency in Dass LGA, as Deputy Speaker. The development comes barely five days after the Appeal Court, sitting in Abuja, sacked the then Speaker, Abubakar Suleiman, …