From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse
The Jigawa State Primary Health Development Agency (JSPHDA) confirmed its conversation with higher authorities on the possibility to increase maternity leave for lactating mothers from three months to six months.
This was announced by the permanent secretary, Jigawa state primary healthcare development agency Dr Kabir Ibrahim, while briefing newsmen as part of continuation of world breastfeeding week celebration in the state with a theme ‘let exclusive breastfeeding work while at work’.
He explained that, as part of effort to promote exclusive breastfeeding, the agency formed a team to work on challenges bedeviling the practices of exclusive breastfeeding in the state.
Dr Kabir who urged parents particularly mothers to support the moves said, the idea of extension from three to six months, is to give mothers more chances and time to breastfeed their babies.
According to him, the importance of exclusive breastfeeding can never be over emphasize, as it helps both the babies, mothers, fathers and even community at large.
