Nigerian Parliament Rejects Paternity Leave

 

A bill for an Act to make provisions for optional paternity leave for all married male employees in private and public service, on Thursday failed on scale by a second reading of the House of Representatives.  The bill, sponsored by Edward Pwajok (Plateau-APC), then failed to scale because of its defeat by a highly voice-vote voice.  The members, who were balked with the idea of ​​giving a father leave the Nigerian male worker, said that the Nigerian cultural and economic environment was not ripe for such privilege.

According to Pwajok, the proposal for a two week or more (depending on the decision of the of House) paternity leave is to ensure that mother and child get adequate care from the father.


He said the leave became important if the mother or the child had health challenges which would make the presence of the father very significant.

The lawmaker also said that the presence of the father would afford the child the care he or she deserved during that early period.

“No better person can support a newly born baby than the father which will make the child more emotionally stable if the father stays close.

“This will not be peculiar to Nigeria alone, it’s done globally,” he said.

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