By Abdulgafar Oladimeji.
Kano State House of Assembly has averred that new laws would be enacted on the creation of crèches in all public facilities to enhance breastfeeding amongst nursing mothers in efforts to tackle the menace of malnutrition in the state.
The majority leader Kano state House of Assembly, Hon Kabiru Hassan Dashi gave the assurance on Friday at the end of a two days meeting titled “Allocation, Releases, and Utilization of Nutrition Budget in Kano” held at Sleeprite hotel, in Zaria, Kaduna state, he said that Kano lawmakers would commence the legislative process that would amend the state maternal laws to permit breastfeeding mothers to proceed on four months maternity leave.
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He disclosed that the new law underway would provide for the establishment of crèche centers in all public places, he further stated that the crèches would be cited in public offices, and hotels where public activities are been staged,
Earlier, the secretary Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria, CS-SUNN, Kano state chapter, Ahmad Tijjani Yau, while addressing the august gathering appealed to the lawmakers in attendance to consider the need to promulgate a law that would encourage mothers to embrace and practice exclusive breastfeeding, stressing that, if enacted such law would help tremendously in addressing the challenges associated with malnutrition, in the state.
The project assistant, Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria, CS-SUNN, Isaac Dare, stated that the first 1000 days of life of a child plays a determinant role in the nutritional development of a child.
He appealed to the state House of Assembly to initiate legislative actions that would enhance nutrition in the state, noting that, exclusive breastfeeding by nursing mothers is nutritionally cost-effective in the development of the brain and other vital organs in children, adding that this would help the state to produce an effective future workforce.
Responding, the House majority leader, Hon Dansi said “ we will seriously look into it. We will take it before the assembly, we will also work with stakeholders to activate the house Committee concerned to look at existing laws to see how we can amend them to alleviate the problems that are related to malnutrition in our state.
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