The Minister of Health , Prof . Isaac Adewole , has urged husbands to stop struggling with their babies over breasts, but rather allow their wives to put the babies on exclusive breast milk.
This is just as the minister revealed that he was having talks with the Ministry of Labour and Employment to extend maternity leave from the current four months to six .
Adewole said this at the ministerial briefing and inauguration of the 2018 World Breastfeeding Week and High Level Policy Dialogue on Breastfeeding in Abuja on Thursday .
Speaking on the theme , ‘ Breastfeeding: Foundation of Life ’ , the minister said breastfeeding remained the surest way to have a healthy baby.

He said , “ What has been shown clearly is that the brain , which we actually need to drive everything we do in life , is sorted out in the first two years . So , if you give the baby good food , good protein, we will have good workers and good leaders in the future .
“ But if we don ’ t give them good food , then we will have a generation of jesters over the years and that is not what we want in this country. So , breastfeeding is a national investment in the cerebral architecture of our citizens and in the future development of our country.
“ So , let us work together to promote it. To the men , please allow the women to give it to the babies . Don’ t share or compete with the babies. Only promote it. To the women, I know you love us but don ’ t give it to us , give it to the babies. ”

Adewole noted that he was having talks with the Minister of Labour and Employment , Dr . Chris Ngige , on the possibility of extending the maternity leave from four to six months.
He said this would give women more time to breastfeed their babies .
The minister noted , “ Now we have four months of maternity leave but we are working with labour to increase it to six so that there will be no excuse because if you have six months , there is no excuse . ”
In her remarks , the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning , Mrs. Zainab Ahmed , said statistics showed that of the seven million babies born every year , less than 25 per cent put on exclusive breast milk.
Ahmed said that babies who are well breastfed hardly fall sick while mothers have a reduced risk of ovarian and breast cancer .
She added , “ Health practitioners have advised us that initiating breastfeeding within the first hours of life reduces the rate of neonatal mortality by up to 22 per cent . It also reduces the risk of asthma and obesity in the babies.
“ Approximately , seven million children are born in Nigeria every year and , according to the 2014 National Nutrition Survey, only 25 per cent are exclusively breastfed between the ages of zero and six months . ”




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Isn't Lag already on that with 10-days post-delivery paternity casual leave for husby to do hospital running around, naming ceremony ish etc.

Nice move for mother-child bonding, health etc tho; let's just pray some ladies don't come back with fresh preggos, the way some ogas go dey roam around goal post area anything after 8 weeks

Anyhow, let dem change it to one year sef, dual nationality loading for my kids. Hear that boo @ frenzyduchess, babe only the best for us & ours, no umbrellas & brooms

FG is a feminist

Backward FG...when Lagos is already giving paternity leave

Anything for votes. If u like extend to 1 year, Daura must go

The minister noted, “ Now we have four months of maternity leave but we are working with labour to increase it to six so that there will be no excuse.


GOD BLESS OUR PRESIDENT.
We never had it so good.
Carry on Sai Baba

Do this and increase minimum wage and get the civil servants. Good move.

1 child per year plus annual leave will only get you working for 5 months with full pay every year.

Watch how population will spike. Civil servants go dey pop babies like rabbits.

Private sector please take note

What about paternity leave, they should consider that too

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kaen1317:
Anything for votes. If u like extend to 1 year, Dara must go

Just Imagine.
Where is the brain?!

I don't think,this is right....

Lol, never knew men also struggle for breast with babies.

Even if given 1 year some mothers will not breast feed their babies up to 5 months.

All those girls that usually call me "baby".
Come and prove it.

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Very good.
Sai Baba!

"So , if you give the baby good food , good protein, we will have good workers and good leaders in the future .
“ But if we don ’ t give them good food , then we will have a generation of jesters over the years and that is not what we want in this country. So , breastfeeding is a national investment in the cerebral architecture of our citizens and in the future development of our country."


This totally explains why Buhari behaves the way he does



Oga Minister you deserve a National Award for so simply explaining the cause of your oga's Problem

Nuff said

Men leave breast for your kids oh

BruncleZuma:
Private sector please take note

yes o

Sir.. I think we should tackle things like poor state of our hospitals.. High rate of infant mortality etc. Let's leave the issue of maternity leave.. That's a far cry from the crux of the matter

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Nice development

fedora04:
Sir.. I think we should tackle things like poor state of our hospitals.. High rate of infant mortality etc. Let's leave the issue of maternity leave.. That's a far cry from the crux of the matter

Very correct!

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Anyways, Private firms please take note.

2019 is making them work

It's not right . If you were to be working for a private firm, would you leave your work for six months? Companies would prefer hiring male folks. It would have ripple effects on the long run.

sureteeboy:
Excellent move, but they should give fathers paternity leave as well

Some private firms do give paternity leave but not 3 months ooo

The sets of baby women are giving birth to nowadays are very greedy and stingy. Imagine a baby being the only onevsucking a breast as big as Flakys own for good six months. Haba se ogun laye ni