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Nigeria’s population, a drawback —Emir Sanusi

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Emir of Kano, Mohammadu Sanusi (II) on Monday said that Nigeria’s huge population is currently a liability to the country. Sanusi said this during a panel session of the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit currently holding in Abuja, The Punch reports. The session was attended by the Founder of the Kukah Centre, Bishop Mathew Kukah and […]

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Nigeria’s population is no blessing, By Abimbola Adelakun

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Now and then, a Nigerian leader raises the issue of our population problem but somehow, it slides without a sustained discussion. In June 2012, President Goodluck Jonathan hinted the possibility of birth control legislation. He drew the ire of people who waved their religion as the reason they would reproduce as they wished. That retort […]

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