LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION {LAUMSA} ORGANIZED CAMPAIGN AGAINST GENDER MUTILATION.PHOTO

LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION {LAUMSA} ORGANIZED CAMPAIGN AGAINST FEMALE GENDER MUTILATION.PHOTO

Report of the anti-FGM walk/campaign in Oshogbo.

Ladoke Akintola University medical students association (LAUMSA) joined their colleagues throughout southwest Nigeria in the walk against female genital mutilation in Oshogbo, state of Osun, Nigeria on Saturday 19th November, 2016.

Medical students of the school started converging as early as 8a.m at the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital (LTH) Oshogbo. And one can easily notice the enthusiasm in them to partake in the walk/campaign.

The walk started at 10a.m from the hospital gate at idiseke as students started engaging passerby, women in their shops, motorists, Quranic/Arabic school,etc as we walked down to Orisumibare market in Oshogbo, via Old garage, Igbonna market, back to Ajegunle market and the walk ended around 12noon at the hospital gate in Ajegunle, Opposite the medical Students' hostel.

During the campaign different placards can be seen with the students on which one can easily read the following words;

💥who female genital mutilation EPP
💥join me in stopping FGM
💥EMA dabe fun omobinrin obinrin mo, ila Abe kiko f'obinrin o da
💥FGM is a crime, eschew it
ETC.

Also different songs were composed and the lyrics of one of it goes thus;

🎼E ma dabe fun omobinrin mo (do not circumcise the girl child again)

Iwa yi o da (its a bad practice)

E ma dabe fun omobinrin mo (do not circumcise the girl child again)

ASA yi o da (its a bad culture)...

During the walk we noticed a lot of people still belief strongly in this practice based on the myths that;

👉🏻uncircumcised females are promiscuous
👉🏻it is a practice their forefathers have been doing
👉🏻it makes child birth easier as excess tissue might cover the vagina opening
👉🏻some were of the opinion that campaigns like this are responsible for moral decadence in the society etc.

In conclusion, we, LAUMSites, appreciate the organizers of this program and we are happy for the great opportunity we had to partake in this walk against FGM to impact on our immediate environment. We however recommend we continuity of this campaign against female genital mutilation other means of making people informed and most importantly educated should also be exploited.

Animashaun A.Azeez on behalf of all LAUMSites.

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