Expert renews call for family planning

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Dr Towoju Olumunyi, a medical doctor at the National Hospital, Abuja, has recommended Family Planning (FP) to tackle the increasing rate of poverty in the country.

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Olumunyi made this known in an interview with journalists on Friday in Abuja.

He noted that it would be a disservice to oneself at this critical moment when the country is faced with an economic downturn for couples to have children more than what they could cater for.

He called on the Federal Government to provide access to free FP services, adding that some have more than the needed children because they could not afford the cost of FP.

“You must get out of poverty by planning your family, the economic situation in the country today is telling us we should not have more than a certain number of children we can cater for,’’ said the expert.

He stated that in the past when our forefathers had many children it was because of the need to have people work on their farms, noting that the number of children they…



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