Mothersbond Limited, Nigeria Number one for New Mom and Baby Care has congratulated New Moms (and Moms to be) for the recent extension of available maternity days from 90 to 120 days (Four Months). In a statement issued in Lagos and signed by Mothersbond Chief Executive, Michael Osuji, the company commended the government for approving 30 more days to strengthen the bond Moms are developing with their newborns.
While we note that this is a huge step in the right direction, we would continue to engage with the relevant stakeholders in government, health care experts and the media to push for at least 6 months fully paid maternity leave. The underlying goal of this is to ensure the moms have no hindrance to exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months which helps to give babies the best start in life, physically, mentally and emotionally.
Although our ideal recommendation is 6 months maternity leave, in the meantime, they can augment with breastfeeding pumps which they can use to express their milk, store the milk appropriately and have their caregiver feed when baby is hungry. This way, they still ensure their little one gets the full nutrition of their milk even while Mom is away at work. A good pump is the Mothersbond super-fast breast milk pump. It saves time by expressing milk fast. Many women in our part of the world don’t know about breast milk pumps and how useful they are. It helps ensure the chain of exclusive breastfeeding is not broken for the first six months and subsequently.
We hope the government will not stop at this, but make sure it is followed through especially by private sector employers.
Public Affairs/Communications Department
Mothersbond Limited
Lagos, Nigeria.
8 June 2018