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The lower chamber of the national assembly, House of Representatives has called on the federal government to take steps to urgently control the country’s population growth.<\/p>\n

The resolution was passed by the lower chamber\u00a0during plenary session on Tuesday following the adoption of a motion sponsored by Chinedu Obidigwe, a lawmaker from Anambra state.<\/p>\n

In June 2021, the United Nations published a report\u00a0indicating that Nigeria\u2019s population had increased to 211 million.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the report at the time, former President\u00a0Olusegun Obasanjo<\/a> said the country\u2019s population increase could become a “liability\u201d if it is not well managed.<\/p>\n

Leading the debate on the motion titled: \u2018Need for the federal government to save funds for future generations\u2019, Obidigwe said the federal government should make \u201cconscious and concerted effort\u201d to secure the future of Nigerians.<\/p>\n

He said the country\u2019s population is expected to grow to 401 million by 2050, necessitating the government\u2019s need to set aside funds for the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cNigeria\u2019s Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) aims to save money for future generations, provide stabilisation of funds to defend the economy against commodity (oil) price shocks, and provide financing for badly-needed infrastructure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNigeria, with an estimated population<\/a> of over 200 million, ranks 58 in SWF ranking which is four places lower than Angola, an oil-producing African country with a population of 32.87 million as of 2021 and has $3.2 billion in assets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a significant contrast to what other oil producers such as Kuwait, which has $700 billion \u2018life after-oil-fund\u2019 different from its $41.7 billion foreign reserves, and Angola with $3.2 billion in assets \u2014 both as of March 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cA country such as Kuwait with a population of 4.2 million people and projected growth of 5.3 million by 2050, has a future fund of $700 billion to cater for their future population, whereas Nigeria with an approximate population of over 200 million and an estimated population growth of 401 million people by 2050 has a future generations fund of only $2.5 billion.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the lawmaker, the federal government \u201cspent over N1.8 trillion on debt servicing in the first five months of 2021, representing approximately 98 percent of the total revenue generated in the same period which begs the question of where the savings are\u201d.<\/p>\n

The motion was unanimously adopted when it was put to a vote by Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house.<\/p>\n

Following that, the green chamber, asked the federal government to focus on more \u201cnon-oil sectors of the economy by adopting alternative sources of revenue to enable foreign inflow from oil earnings to go straight to the SWF without affecting budget financing\u201d.<\/p>\n

The lawmakers also called on the federal government to \u201curgently control population growth with policies necessary to fix the future population; and also secure approval from the national assembly before tampering with the country\u2019s savings\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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