The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to establish creche facilities in government buildings with a view to supporting nursing mothers in its employment in order to set example for private sector employers.
The House further mandated it committees on Public Service and Governmental Affairs to ensure implementation and report back within 8 weeks for further legislative input.
This came through a motion presented by Rep. Sergious Ogun (PDP-Edo) which was unanimously adopted.
Moving the motion, Sergious Ogun said the importance of a mother's love and attention to a new born baby cannot be over emphasised and a plethora of scientific studies have confirmed the fact.
Ogun explained that no nation can strive to really develop if it fails to take into cognizance the importance of its female workforce and the physical/mental development of infants and children.
According to Ogun, "very few government agencies have made provisions for creche facilities for babies in their offices which greatly hampers the ability of female staff who are nursing mothers".
Notes that the need to correct this anomalous situation by ensuring various ministries, departments and agencies are directed to establish creche facilities in their offices to enable nursing mothers in their workforce to take proper care of theirs new born babies during work period in order to avert the adverse impact of lack of attention.
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