for all male and female civil servants in the state.
Henceforth, all male civil servants whose wives give birth
are entitled to a 10-day paternity leave while female civil
servants had their maternity leave extended from 3 months
to 6 months.
The new leave regime was announced today by the Lagos
State Head of Service, Mrs Josephine Williams at a press
conference held at the Baguada Kaltho Press Centre, in
Alausa, Ikeja.
"A female officer shall be entitled to 24-weeks
maternity leave with full pay in case of her first two
deliveries. The said leave shall commence, at least
two weeks before the expected delivery date; a male
officer, to who a new baby (or babies in case of
multiple births) is born shall be entitled to 10 working
days" she said.
She added that subsequent deliveries after the second baby
by any employee will only get 12 weeks maternity leave for
a female officer while the men will not be entitled to the 10-
day leave.
Special adviser to the Lagos state Governor on public
health, Dr Yewande Adeshina, said the 6 months leave will
enable women complete the mandatory months required for
breastfeeding new born babies.
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