Experts in women’s health, at a meeting in Abuja to commemorate this year’s World Population Day, have called for more investment in family health commodities to encourage family planning and reduce maternal mortality, as Nigeria faces a population explosion.
They observed that unless the government makes a deliberate and conscious effort to invest in family health commodities, the country would run into human capital development challenges and entrenched poverty.
“We must invest in our healthcare system to make sure that women, who ordinarily will have 10 children because they feel that five or six of them will die, are protected. Oji added that with 75 per cent of the population under the age of 34 and a lack of investment in that youthful segment, it means Nigeria has a high fertility rate, and is prone to youth restiveness, emigration and banditry, among others.
Also speaking, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Health, Dr. Salma Ibrahim, said the government had several policies in place on population management.
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