Uncontrolled population growth which is not commensurate with economic advancement has been identified as a cause of poverty in Nigeria.
Professor Jibrin Ibrahim, a senior fellow at the Centre for Democracy and Development, Abuja, during a lecture, debunked the claim that population was a nation’s strength.
The theme of the lecture was : “Population, Rights and Peace, Mitigating Insecurity and Gender-Based Violence to Harnessing Demographic Dividend.”
Mr Ibrahim argued that population growth must match economic development for it to be regarded as a…
