Assessment Of Female Genital Mutilation In Nigeria Case Study Benin City

This study was carried out on the assessment of female genital mutilation in nigeria case study benin city. To achieve this 2 research hypothesis were formulated. Respondents were obtained from staff of university of Benin teaching hospital (UBTH). The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of the entire staff of university of Benin teaching hospital (UBTH). In determining the sample size, the researcher adopted th Taro Yamani formular to select 133 respondents. Self-constructed and validated questionnaire was used for data collection.

The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed while the hypothesis were tested using Chi-square statistical tool SPSS v23. The result of the test revealed that female genital mutilation does have an significant effect on the sexual habit of the girl child. And government does play a significant role in prohibiting female genital mutilation. Based on the above findings, the researcher recommended that efforts of stakeholders in health should be geared towards planning and implementing aggressive programs aimed at creating more awareness on the negative effect of FGM and its practice.

Capacity building should be organized for all cadres of health care providers to grossly know the elements of the practice of FGM and its implication to maternal and new born health. All governmental and non-governmental organizations should put hands on deck to eliminate this ugly trend.