By Vivian Okejeme Abuja
The Founder of Menopause Support Initiative, Pharmacist Mosunmola Dosumu, has called on the federal government to support the campaign for the awareness of menopause stage in women.
Dosumu posited that women are going through a lot when they reach the stage of menopause and should be made to be aware of that stage of their lives.
The group also called on other governmental organisation, particularly, women group to support the campaign to create awareness among women.
The initiative, over the weekend in Abuja, organised a walk for menopause which featured fitness dance, health check, exhibition and free gift to celebrate World Menopause month which is celebrated every October of the year and to create awareness among n women.
Pharmacist Mosunmola said, “Menopause is a stage when you have time for yourself. For two years, I wasn’t myself, I didn’t know what I was going through and that is what makes women go from one hospital to another and spend a lot of money.
“They spend so much time going around without even knowing what they are going through. Some think that it’s witches and wizards that are disturbing them because they live in ignorance and it’s so unfortunate that our country is not doing anything about it.
“By year 2030,one out of every six women will be menopausal and unfortunately, they are going to have problems in their homes because their men do not have understanding of what their wives are going through. We’ve had cases where men actually ran away from their women because they have spent so much money trying to put their wives together because they live in ignorance.
“It’s time for our government to come and partner with us and let us do this together, we can’t do this alone. We will talk to non governmental that they need to come out and be a part of this, let us create this awareness together, women should know about their menopausal state.”
The Chairperson of the Abuja chapter of the Initiative, Mrs Elizabeth Onifade, said up till now, menopause stage has a stigma and some women don’t want to be associated with it.
According to.her, it’s a bit difficult creating awareness and getting them to come.
He said the initiative is happy that a lot of women came out because of the pain they felt within themselves during that stage.
“So it’s been a wonderful thing, it’s been awesome through our leadership. The founder has a vision and it is a beautiful thing when you see somebody selflessly doing something for Nigerians, what affects the home because while we were on the road show trying to create awareness for this programme, we went through some terrible situations. we heard about people who had to leave their work place constantly and mental issues are things we will address by the time we come back from the road show to create further awareness for this stage in women.
‘By the time we come back, people will be better enlightened and hopefully, we will be able to hear from individuals and see what they are going through and thank God we have started in Abuja and it will continue by the grace of God, subsequently for us to create more awareness for women”, she said.
