state to imbibe the culture of Exclusive Breast Feeding, EBF, at
least, for the first six months after delivery.
At a briefing on the activities of Breast Feeding Support Groups,
BFSGs, in all the local government areas of the state, Commissioner of
Health, Dr Fidelia Akpa, lamented that some women were afraid to
embrace the initiative on the ground that their breast would sag.
Akpa, who spoke through the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health in
the state, Dr Moses Otiji explained that the ongoing Exclusive Breast
Feeding Campaigns organised by the government was initiated "to toe
along the line of the International Agenda on breast feeding."
The commissioner expressed satisfaction that the campaign was already
yielding the desired result, noting that many rural women had embraced
the new system of breast feeding.
According to her, women were not expected to give their child anything
including water within the period of EBF.
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