With an estimated population of about 200 million according to Worldometer, that means that 47 per cent of Nigerians live below the poverty line. His apocalyptic view was that the world would soon be doomed as population outpaced the resources for sustenance. Still, the government eventually resorted to the drastic measure of population control as the only means of keeping up with the economic demands of a burgeoning population, which at the time was about 970 million. One can only wonder how much harder the task would be if the drastic population control had not been implemented. So, when a large population of people —especially the youth — cannot find meaningful employment, they will seek undesirable options.

Source: Punch October 20, 2019 01:30 UTC