A leading firm on new mother and baby care, Mothersbond Limited, Nigeria has congratulated new mothers (and mothers to be) for the recent extension of available maternity days from 90 to 120 days (four months).

Mothersbond Chief Executive, Michael Osuji, in a statement issued in Lagos and signed by the company commended the government for approving 30 more days to strengthen the bond mothers are developing with their newborns.

Osuji said: “While we note that this is a huge step in the right direction, we would continue to engage with the relevant stakeholders in government, health care experts and the media to push for at least six months fully paid maternity leave. The underlying goal of this is to ensure the moms have no hindrance to exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months, which helps to give babies the best start in life, physically, mentally and emotionally.


“Although our ideal recommendation is six months maternity leave, in the meantime, they can augment with breastfeeding pumps which they can use to express their milk, store the milk appropriately and have their caregiver feed when baby is hungry. This way, they still ensure their little one gets the full nutrition of their milk even while Mom is away at work. A good pump is the Mothersbond super-fast breast milk pump. It saves time by expressing milk fast. Many women in our part of the world don’t know about how useful breast milk pumps are. It helps ensure the chain of exclusive breastfeeding is not broken for the first six months and subsequently.

“We hope the government will not stop at this, but make sure it is followed through especially by private sector employers.”

http://www.akelicious.net/2018/06/mothersbond-commends-fg-on-four-months.html

Okay. It's a welcome change

paternity leave should also be considered

Which the government can mandate private sector to key into this

Paternity leave nko?

Good development.

Ladies time for consummation competition .
God bless Buhari's government.

Shey with private sector abi

Feminists won't come now and advocate their Gender Equality crap

Now Women are the ones benefitting, one won't hear them saying men deserve same too

Or they think men don't deserve paternity leave as well?...The man needs to be beside his baby as well within those early months so that the woman won't have plenty time to poison the Baby's mind against him

Because Women have now mastered the habit of recruiting their kids to their own side right from birth, making the kids feel if it's not mummy doing it or authorising it, it's not right.

clockwise:
Paternity leave nko?

Which kind leave? Your own is to continue to hustle for mother and child!

On a serious note, fathers also needs few weeks off but unfortunately our culturalization do not affirm that, a man should be out there till he drops.

Good news but the feminists will forget to appreciate this news.

In private sector

Hope it takes immediate effect

6 months is better

All these media propaganda sef
What pains me more is how Nigerians keep falling or these same unintelligent/unthought tacts over and over again

The only thing we know about this policy was that Labour Minister talked about it in faraway Switzerland on 5th of this month. Anything on ground yet?

Any paper work to that effect yet? Has the Ministeries and parastals gotten a formal official notice to commence this policy? Or whatever due process it takes. Can we see the documents?

Please Nigerians, has this policy commenced in your place of work? Did you get a formal notice at work that you can take a 4months maternity leave? Please tell us about it here.

If none, then this is another beer palour talk, orchestrated by the xxxxx to keep xxxx busy. Just like the campaign promises.

Ndi ara!

This strikes a big blow in the hearts of feminist, on one hand, Govt. is trying to encourage mothers bonding with thier child, but if u take a deeper look at it, it shows the productivity of a woman is not as crucial compared to men. Govt can never think of giving that concessions to men for 'father bonding', the economy will be impacted seriously
Please oo!! Before u crucify me, i'm a firm believer in women empowerment

[quote author=Sijo01 post=68463727]Which the government can mandate private sector to key into this [/quote,)if government compel private then stylishly refuse young women employment....... the truth most small scale private establishment can't afford to allow a women four month .,..she go they collect salary but absent as a result of child birth

Sijo01:
Which the government can mandate private sector to key into this

Very NICE QUESTION.
This is exactly what is obtainable in the US and Canada....including other well meaning countries.
They influence the private sector to implement the widely accepted MINIMUM WAGES and Labour laws.
People work for private sectors with fear of retrenchment.
Private sectors pay very well.

IMAGINE how private school teachers are treated in Nigeria like Bushmeats.
In California-USA which happens to be one of the richest states, every establishment abides by the standard minimum wage whether private or government.
Extra work hours put in, in a private sector are also paid for.
Leaves are granted well.

U do not just set up establishments over there, there are minimum standards u must meet....Gas stations are not set up close to residential apartments, churches are controlled.
Schools have standards. Even hairstylists are trained, registered and licensed.

Sijo01:
Which the government can mandate private sector to key into this

Chai, pple? How una take dey reason...? I can't stop laughing...

WayStage:

Chai, pple? How una take dey reason...? I can't stop laughing...

That was a nice question, why laugh at her...??
In CANADA, maternity leave is even up to a year.....

U think other countries are as lawless as ours.....??

Startups can not afford this.

They should go and sit down..
In Belarus in Eastern Europe..maternity leave is 3 years with your work intact and salary every month for the duration of the 3 years...

After every sacrifice by the mother,the baby will turnout to b like bobrisky..Godforbid

Hopefully, it does not reduce the percentage of women in the workforce and we have same women moaning about "gender pay gap" BS everywhere. 4 months is too much. How will SMEs cope especially if 25% of their workforce are married women?

buygala:
Feminists won't come now and advocate their Gender Equality crap

Now Women are the ones benefitting, one won't hear them saying men deserve same too

Or they think men don't deserve paternity leave as well?...The man needs to be beside his baby as well within those early months so that the woman won't have plenty time to poison the Baby's mind against him

Because Women have now mastered the habit of recruiting their kids to their own side right from birth, making the kids feel if it's not mummy doing it or authorising it, it's not right.

If you follow the news, you would have read where majority of the legislators who are men threw the bill for paternity leave into the bin.

https://www.bellanaija.com/2018/05/lawmakers-vote-paternity-leave/

Men no go get paternity leave haba feminist

Wrong move. Companies will now start refusing to employ women.

good move, 4 months is really short but its a start, work life balance is crucial for maximum productivity.

i am taking 10months off maternity starting the end of this month , and when i come back my job will be waiting for me with my 1% salary increase , we also have a dedicated room for nursing mothers usually used for expressing milk with a fully functioning fridge for storage.
We also have a nursery at work of course its not free but its handy and its a sure sign that the govt and workplace gives a damn.

WayStage:

Chai, pple? How una take dey reason...? I can't stop laughing...

Why not try and state your point because you've not made any sense.

EVILFOREST:

That was a nice question, why laugh at her...??
In CANADA, maternity leave is even up to a year.....

U think other countries are as lawless as ours.....??

when you start your own company, you can begin given your employees 10 years maternity leave with paid salaries and allowances