The chairman of Fika local government council, Hon Audu Bukar Gadaka, has urged lactating mothers to adopt exclusive breastfeeding for their newborn babies.
The chairman disclosed this during the 2024 World Breastfeeding Week which took place at Fika Primary Health Care Facility in Fika.
The chairman described breastfeeding for babies as the surest way of boosting their immune system for protection against illness.
In his speech shortly after, the director Primary Health Care Fika local government, Mallam Usman Ahmed, called on the breastfeeding mothers to exclusively breastfeed their babies for six months.
He also assured breastfeeding mothers of more government support for better results.
He called on the people of the area to continue to give their support and maximum cooperation to the chairman in the interest of the area and state at large.
During the occasion gifts were presented to ten breastfeeding mothers by the chairman, vice chairman, DPM, and representative of emir of Fika.
