People ask me sometimes what winning looks like for BMB. And I always have a business answer ready. The products, the reach, the impact numbers, the women served. And that’s correct. But on an individual level, the winning I dream about is policy winning. The kind that doesn’t depend on one social enterprise doing its best. The kind that’s written into how Nigeria as a country actually works.

So here it is. If I had policy power; real power, not advisory-committee-that-nobody-listens-to power, here’s where I’d start.

I’d kill the tax on menstrual products tomorrow. Not phase it out, not review it, not form a committee to study it. Remove it. Period products are not luxuries. They never were. The tax stays because nobody has been loud enough for long enough about how wrong it is. I’d fix that.

I’d mandate menstrual health education in every school for boys and girls. Not a paragraph in a biology textbook or a one day class. A real curriculum. Age-appropriate, honest, taught by people who aren’t embarrassed by the subject matter. A girl should not get her first period without knowing what it is. That still happens in this country. It should not.

I’d put period products in every government school and public health facility and it’ll be free. Stocked. Consistently. Like we stock blackboard chalk, hiv test kits, condoms and blood pressure medication because that’s what a necessity looks like in practice.

I’d require public health insurance to cover menstrual conditions. Endometriosis diagnoses and treatment. Fibroid treatment. PMOS management. These are not cosmetic issues. They are health issues, and they are draining women financially in ways that compound every other inequality they already face.

And I’d make the data public. How many girls miss school because of their periods. How many women are underdiagnosed for menstrual conditions. How much productivity the country loses to untreated menstrual pain. How does menstrual health affect your mental health. Because you cannot fix what you refuse to count, and right now Nigeria largely isn’t counting this.

None of this is impossible. All of it requires will.

I don’t have policy power. Not yet. But I do have a platform, a company, and a very clear picture of what I’m working toward. And I think the women we serve deserve to know that this work isn’t just about the products. It’s about the future where the products are the backup plan because the system finally decided to show up.

So vote me for President, or put me in a seat of power, so that this manifesto will come to life. And do it quick!