While speaking in a message to the Lagos Chapter of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) as it held a Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign and a Health Walk in Ikeja, the Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Steve Ayorinde, urged fathers not to compete for space with their babies during the period of breastfeeding.
The commissioner who was represented by Mrs Toro Oladapo, a former NAWOJ President and the Director, Public Affairs, Lagos State Ministry of Information, urged fathers to leave the breast for the babies during the period.
He said that fathers should support the mothers to properly breastfeed new born babies, describing exclusive breastfeeding as vital during the first six months of life.
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