World Population Day
29 Jul 2022
• Making it the world's most populated nation The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA has said that Nigeria's population that is increasing by 3.2 per cent annually, which projects to 216 in 2022, and may hit 400 million by 2050. This will make Nigeria the world's most populated nation. A UNFPA Deputy Country Representative, Erika…
12 Jul 2019
Tick tock and we are 8 billion humans walking the earth with limited resources. Every year approximately 83 million people are being added to the world’s population.
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To mark the World Population Day (WPD) today, July 11, 56 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have called on federal government to ensure funds for family planning are secured and released on time to improve the health of Nigerian women.
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As the world prepares to mark this year’s World Population Day on Tuesday, July 11, Nigeria’s alarming population explosion in the midst of rising poverty, absence of basic amenities, and very poor per capita income are coming up strong as major concerns.
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