Lagos State Grants New Fathers Paternity Leave + Extends Maternity Leave.

AS a way to encourage good parenting among its workforce, the Lagos State government, on Thursday, for the first time in the country, has granted a 10-working days paternity leave to male employees.

It also extended the maternity leave of its female employees by three months, bringing it to a total of six months.

However, both the extension of maternity and the 10-day paternity leaves will apply only for the first two births of the couple, after which the female employees revert to the old three months, while the male employee ceases to enjoy such privilege.

This, it was said was to enable them give their new born babies the required attention in their first few months in life.

 Men in many nations around the world have been enjoying paternity leave for quite a while.

Great Britain parents will also from April 2015, be able to share 12 months of leave after the birth of a child.

Scandinavia,Norway, Sweden and Iceland men enjoy this leave in different ways.

The United states also has a no-paid parental leave; a maximum of 12 weeks unpaid parental leave for mothers and fathers.

In African, fathers hardly get paternity leave at all, although Kenya offers two weeks and French-speaking west Africa – Cameroon, Chad, Gabon, Cote d’Ivoire allow 10 days. New dads in South Africa get a meagre three days.

Australia allows partners to share up to 52 weeks of unpaid leave, Japan offers a year’s unpaid leave to each parent and South Korea allows both parents partially paid parental leave for up to one year.punch

*Paternity leave for fathers slap apply in Germany.

*I hope and pray those who have been granted this priviledge will not abuse it and use it wisely. - and actually stay at home those ten days to help out wifey