Nigeria Overhauls Birth Policy to Slow Population Growth
- President, VP to lead new council that manages population
- New policy seeks urgent measures to tackle high fertlity rate
Muhammadu Buhari
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Nigeria announced new birth-control measures to address high fertility rates in Africa’s most populous country.
The government will expand access to family planning and counseling, President Muhammadu Buhari said in a statement Thursday in Abuja, the nation’s capital.