UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s special adviser, Jeffrey Sachs, on Monday warned Nigeria against population explosion, saying the current figure of 158 million could balloon to 730 million by 2100.
“I am really scared about population explosion in Nigeria. It is not healthy. Nigeria should work towards attaining a maximum of three children per family,” Sachs told AFP on the margins of a presidential interactive meeting with key members of the business community.
He told the meeting earlier that an increased annual economic growth rate from the current seven percent, encouragement of integrated development in economy, agriculture, urban and rural sectors, provision of a good health system, education, power, railway, could see the country become one of the most important economies in the 21st century.
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My comment:
This UN Secretary says in other words that if Nigeria stabilize its population right now, all the GDP growth will translate into better standard of living for Nigerian. Nigeria has the means to adopt One Child Policy right now. So, wake up leaders.
“I am really scared about population explosion in Nigeria. It is not healthy. Nigeria should work towards attaining a maximum of three children per family,” Sachs told AFP on the margins of a presidential interactive meeting with key members of the business community.
He told the meeting earlier that an increased annual economic growth rate from the current seven percent, encouragement of integrated development in economy, agriculture, urban and rural sectors, provision of a good health system, education, power, railway, could see the country become one of the most important economies in the 21st century.
read the rest here
My comment:
This UN Secretary says in other words that if Nigeria stabilize its population right now, all the GDP growth will translate into better standard of living for Nigerian. Nigeria has the means to adopt One Child Policy right now. So, wake up leaders.
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