Kwara State Government has announced the adoption of six months maternity leave for working mothers.
Wife of the state governor, Mrs Olufolake Abdulrazaq, announced this at the flag-off of the 2023 World Breastfeeding Week and the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Week in Ilorin.
Mrs Olufolake Abdulrazaq, said the week would highlight the huge benefits that breastfeeding could bring to the health and welfare of babies and benefits to maternal health, focusing on good nutrition, poverty reduction and food security.
She added that working mothers in the state usually went on three months maternity leave before the adoption of six months.
According to her, It has become imperative to upscale advocacies to collectively enable exclusive breastfeeding with due consideration for working mothers.
”World breastfeeding week has the dual goal of improving the health of babies and promoting, protecting and supporting the rights of women to breastfeed at anywhere and at any time.