Nigeria Thomas Stephens and Magnus Lyche

Which best defines nigeria? Pro-natalistOranti-natalist

First…. For those who don’t know the definitions of anti-natalist and pro-natalist

 Pro natalist  the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birth rate  Anti-natalist  The policy or practice of discouraging the bearing of children by which governments teach the population to use contraceptives

So which is correct… Yes that’s right Nigeria is ANTI-NATALIST! it is neither anti-natalist nor pro-natalist, but if anything the country should be antil natalist.

The National policy on population in Nigeria identified several objectives including  Promoting an awareness of population problems and the effects of rapid population growth.  Providing information on the benefits of small family size  Making family planning services easily accessible to all couples at an affordable cost.

Specific objectives of the policy  Reducing the proportion of women who marry before the age of 18 by 80% by the year 2000  Reducing the number of children a women bears over her lifetime from the average of more than sic children to an average of four.  Reducing the percentage of women having more than four children by 80% by the year 2000

Objectives Continued…  Reducing the rate of population growth from 3% per year to 2% by 2000  Extending family planning coverage to 80% of women of child bearing age by 2000  Reducing infant mortality rate from the 1975 level of 111 per 1000 to 30 per 1000 live births by 2000  Providing 75% of rural communities with basic social amenities by 2000 to stimulate and sustain self-reliant development.

The main reasons for this  The growing population means that there is a higher chance of famine because not enough food is produced.  Not enough places in schools to give all children some form of an education.  Not enough money to be split between people in order for them to survive in life on their own without aid from others.

Previous slide continued  People are left without homes if to many people are living in an area or is due to not being able to afford nor have the ability to make shelter.  Medicine is starting to improve in the country, which means more babies are surviving and get through childhood.

Facts about Nigeria to get a good understanding of why they want less babies  Total population –  Median age (due to amount of babies being given birth to)  Growth of population(%) – 1.999%  Birth rate – births per 1000  Death rate – deaths per 1000

Problems in Nigeria  Infant mortality – deaths per 1000 births  Life expectancy  4.82 children born per each women over 18

Final conclusion  From what we have seen Nigeria still has a long way to go before they can lower the amount of child births for economic and medicinal reasons.  After the economy and medical facilities have been increased or stabilized then we may see a development in the population structure within the country

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