*Says 4m people added to Nigeria’s population yearly
Iyobosa Uwugiaren in Abuja
The federal government Tuesday drew attention to the dangers of uncontrolled population growth on the economy and emphasised the need to generate national support for measures that could help moderate the rapid rate of population growth in the country.
Minister of National Planning and Budget, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, who chaired the session on “Sustainable development” at the 58th Annual General Meeting of the Nigeria Bar Association holding in Abuja, said that current estimates showed that more than four million people were being added to the country’s population every year.
Pointing out that the figure is comparable to the population of many large cities or those of small African countries, the minister stressed that if the country was to fully…
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