Stop breastfeeding your husbands, they’re not babies – Gender Affairs Commissioner warns women

Hon. Peace Nnaji, the Commissioner for Gender Affairs Enugu State has warned women to stop ‘breastfeeding’ their husbands and reserve the breastmilk for their babies instead.

The Commissioner made the remark at a UNICEF media dialogue with selected journalists from South East, South-South, and parts of North Central.

She explained that it is wrong for men to be sharing their wives’ breastmilk with the babies while insisting that breastmilk is naturally meant for “the baby and not the man”.

In her words; ” 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.”

The Commissioner also urged mothers to practice exclusive breastfeeding of their babies for at least the first six months after birth because of it has numerous benefits.

Peace Uzoamaka Nnaji was first elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party in 2007 and had her second sojourn in 2011 in the Nigerian House of Representatives.

She was appointed Commissioner for Gender Affairs and Social Development for Enugu State in 2015