FEC approves 14-day paternity leave

This is a goodnews for male civil servants in Nigeria. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the right to 14-day paternity leave for male federal civil servants.

Head of Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, disclosed this to State House correspondents after the week’s virtual FEC meeting presided over by Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

She said the paternity leave is to allow for proper bonding between the father and a newborn, either natural-born or adopted, especially at the early stages of the child’s life.

Yemi-Esan further explained that fathers of adopted babies of less than four months will also be entitled to paternity leave.