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Government plans two kids per woman in proposed birth control policy
8 years agoDirector, African Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Professor Peter Lewis (left); Board Member, Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Dr. Doyin Salami; former president, Mr. Bukar Kyari; President, Mr. Asue Ighodalo; Minister of Finance, Hajia Zainab Ahmed, and the group’s Director General, Laoye Jaiyeola, during the 24th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja…yesterday. PHOTO: LUCY LADIDI ELUKPO
The Federal Government is mulling a birth control policy where the number of children per woman is to be pegged at two to check the prevalent poverty and unemployment in the country.