In a case of what observers described as what a woman can do a man can do better, the Nigerian Government has approved paternity leave for fathers of newly born babies.
Platforms Africa reports that the country’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved a 14-day paternity leave for male Federal civil servants to allow them to bond with their infants.
The FEC explained that the leave was to give the new fathers ample time for proper bonding between the father and a newborn, either natural-born or adopted, especially at the early stages of the child’s life.
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As stated, Platforms Africa also gathered that fathers of adopted babies of less than four months would also enjoy from the newly approved gesture for the new fathers.
The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Council’s weekly meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the First Lady’s Conference Room, Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Yemi-Esan explained that paternity leave which was approved for men when their wives are delivered of their new babies was contained in the new Public Service Rules (PSR).
