Group advocates six-month maternity leave for nursing mothers

A non-governmental group, Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria, CS-SUNN, has commenced advocacy to actualise six months maternity leave for nursing mothers working in authorities businesses.

The group stated six months maternity for working nursing mothers, when actualized, would encourage unique breastfeeding.

Although nursing mothers working for the federal government in Enugu State are presently having fun with 4 months maternity leave, the group insisted that there was a necessity for six months maternity leave.

The Program Officer of Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria, (CS-SUNN), Hope Ikani disclosed this throughout a two-day Capacity Building Workshop on Advocacy Strategy and Budget Tracking for CSOs in Enugu State.

She defined that the purpose of the workshop was to construct the aptitude of CSOs in Enugu State to assist deliver the target of the continuing UNICEF venture to completion.

She careworn the necessity for nursing mothers working in authorities businesses to take pleasure in six months maternity leave which he stated would encourage them to hold out unique breastfeeding.

She expressed hope that when authorities employees had been allowed to take pleasure in six months’ maternity leave, the non-public employees would be taught from the federal government and grant the identical to their employees.

Ikani described vitamin because the bedrock of well being, including that they had been pushing for wholesome mothers that may also result in wholesome infants.

She additionally disclosed that they had been additionally finishing up advocacy for elevated vitamin budgets within the totally different states.

Ikani acknowledged that the end result of the UNICEF venture entitled ‘Increased Investment In Nutrition To Scale Up Quality Nutrition Services’, could have funds releases and utilization for vitamin programing at federal and chosen states elevated.