Fayose Increases Maternity Leave To 4 Months
Governor Ayodele Fayose[/caption]
Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has approved an increase in the maternity leave period for women in its public service from three months (12 weeks) to four months (16 weeks).
This was announced by the Permanent Secretary in the State Ministry of Information, Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Kola Ajumobi, on Monday during a public enlightenment forum in Ado Ekiti, the state capital.
The statement noted that the gesture was part of Fayose’s “display of love and special regard for the womenfolk in the state.
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“It is also aimed at encouraging exclusive breast feeding for newly born children in the first six months of birth”.
Ajumobi said that nursing mothers would, in addition to the four months, be granted two hours’ off duty every day for a period of six months from the date they resumed from maternity leave.
According to him, the commitment of the Fayose-led administration to the reduction in mothers and children’s mortality and morbidity rate to the barest minimum remains sacrosanct.
Ajumobi said the crèche at the state secretariat had also been invigorated to boost bonding between mothers and their children during official working hours without undue hindrance to performance and efficiency at the workplace.
