Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a 14-day paternity leave to allow fathers properly bond with their newborn babies or adopted ones.
Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, flanked by the Minister of information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, told journalists at the end of the Council meeting held at the First Lady’s Conference Room, Presidential Villa, Abuja that the paternity leave was approved for men when their wives deliver new babies.
She said that the bonding was important to help the newly born or adopted babies to properly bond with the father at the early stage as the baby bonds with others.
