The government is considering a proposal to establish a sanitary pad manufacturing facility within Ghana's prison system.

This was revealed in a Facebook post by Government Spokesperson, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, who shared key directives issued by President John Dramani Mahama regarding the implementation of the initiative.

According to him, the President has directed that all sanitary pads distributed under the policy must be procured locally, with no imports allowed under any circumstances. "Minister for Education: President directs that ALL sanitary pads under the Free Sanitary Pad policy be procured locally.

No import whatsoever allowed.