FG raises maternity leave to 4 months, bars employers from sacking married women .

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  The FG has increased maternity leave for Nigerian women from three to four months. .
  Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, disclosed this at the ongoing International Labour Conference (ILC), in Geneva, Switzerland, yesterday.
  The minister also told delegates that employers of labour in the public and private sectors in the country have been barred from sacking women from work either due to their marital or maternity status.