Nigeria
Thomas Stephens
and
Magnus Lyche
Which best defines
nigeria?
Pro-natalist
Or
anti-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 – 149 229 090
Median age (due to amount of babies
being given birth to) - 19.1
Growth of population(%) – 1.999%
Birth rate – 36.65 births per 1000
Death rate – 16.56 deaths per 1000
Problems in Nigeria
Infant mortality – 94.25 deaths per 1000
births
Life expectancy 46.16
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
END OF PRESENTATION!