Pecohub In order to improve nutrition and encourage exclusive breastfeeding among women in Enugu, the state government has put up plans in motion to enact a legislation that would enable working class nursing ladies embark on a six-month maternity leave with pay.
To give a legal teeth to the proposed six months maternity leave with pay as being advocated by the Civil Society-Scaling UP Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), the six months paid maternity leave has been included in the Public Service Rule under review.
The Head of Service, Mr. Kenneth Ugwu, stated this when members of the CS-SUNN officials paid a working visit to him Wednesday.
Ugwu said in line with their advocacy for a six months paid maternity leave as well as the establishment of creches to enable nursing mothers in public service give exclusive breastfeeding to their babies, they not only put the request into consideration but established creches for the working class ladies.
The Head of Service also said in no distant time, their request for the establishment of Nutrition Departments in all the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) would be accomplished.
