THE Anambra State government has set machinery in motion to establish crèche in all government offices as a way to encourage exclusive breastfeeding in the state.
Anambra State is said to have achieved only about 20 percent of exclusive breastfeeding, a situation attributed to the fact that most nursing mothers in the state belong to the working class cadre.
The Executive Secretary said: “The idea is to make breastfeeding work in work places. There are enablers to make it work. For instance, there is need for government to have crèche in all the government facilities. “We are already making the state government to buy into it. When the wife of the governor flagged off the breastfeeding week, she mandated that the message should be sent to all the 21 local government areas.
“Some ministries in the state already have the crèche we are talking about. What is needed is a bed where the baby should be kept and for the mother to go and breastfeed regularly. There are also sick bays where the mothers can rest if the need arises”. In a lecture, Uliagbafusi said there is need for a law to regulate the sale of baby formula in the country as the uncontrolled sale has been found to be a drawback to exclusive breastfeeding.
“The knowledge and lack of awareness of stakeholders have contributed to the gravity of violations in Nigeria.“No person shall publish or be a party to the publication of any advertisement for breast milk substitute or infant formula which makes any claim or suggestion that bottle-feeding is equivalent to breastfeeding.
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