Good news as Fayose increases maternity leave period for female civil servants, promises N500m soft loan for SMEs

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– Governor Ayodele Fayose has increased maternity leave period for female civil servants by four weeks

– The governor said the gesture was aimed at encouraging exclusive breast feeding for the first six months of birth and to promote good nutrition

– He also promised soft N500 million loan for Small Medium Enterprises

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has increased the maternity leave period of women in the state Public Service from 12 weeks to 16 weeks.

According to Daily Trust, the gesture was aimed at encouraging exclusive breast feeding for the first six months of birth and to promote good nutrition, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Youth and Sports Development, Mr Kola Ajumobi made this known at a forum in Ado Ekiti.

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ZENITHBLOG.com gathered that a statement by the ministry on Monday April 17 quoted Ajumobi saying that nursing mothers would, in addition, be granted two hours off duty every day for a period of six months from the date she resumed from maternity leave.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state

Reiterating the commitment of the Fayose led government to the reduction of

mothers and children’s mortality and morbidity rate to the barest minimum, Ajumobi said the crèche at the state secretariat has 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.

The permanent secretary lamented that the challenge of good nutrition, coupled with the question of poverty, hunger as well as lack of access to economic and political empowerment had hitherto largely contributed to what he described as a double tragedy of high maternal and child mortality.

He, however, noted that the present administration in the state has rolled various palliative packages exclusively for women to empower and guard them from avoidable travails.

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Ajumobi listed the measures to include provision of N500 million as revolving soft loan to promote small and medium Enterprises driven by women while women farmers would also be supported with various incentives.

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