Stop breastfeeding your husbands, breast milk is for babies - Commissioner for Gender Affairs tells women

Commissioner for Gender Affairs Enugu State, Peace Nnaji, has cautioned mothers to stop breastfeeding their husbands with their breast milk, adding that the breast milk is meant for the babies only.

She made this known at the UNICEF media dialogue with some journalists from the South East, South-South, and parts of North Central of the country.

In her message to mothers, she insisted that it was wrong to share the babies breast milk with men.

She also advised mothers to practice exclusive breastfeeding for their babies for a period of six months after the child's birth.

Madam Peace said that the idea of mothers refusing to breastfeed their babies for the fear of having flat breasts is wrong.

She said; "Breastmilk is meant for babies and not their fathers. Mothers should stop feeding their husbands with their breastmilk, it’s for their babies.

"It’s wrong for mothers not to breastfeed their babies for fear of having flat or saggy breast.”