Economy
By Ibukun Emiola
Ibadan, Aug. 30, 2018 (NAN) Mrs Patience Mbagwu, the Director, Population Institute, National Population Commission (NPC), on Thursday urged the Federal Government to exploit the opportunities in its youth population, saying that doing so would make Nigerians feel the impact of the country’s economic growth.
Mbagwu said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan.
She said that the institute was happy with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s inauguration of a road map that would enable the government to harness the possibilities in the country’s demographic strength.
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“We have to harness demographic dividend so that we can give good life to our citizenry.
“And we have to talk about investment on education, health, employment and other things, indicators that are give good quality life.
“When that is done the youthful population will be engaged and with their engagement crime rate, kidnapping and all the social vices will reduce.
“Then there will be less dependency on the few people, who are earning income, because half of the Nigeria population are youthful.
“So we have to maximize on that demographic strength which is of importance to us.’’
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Edited by Emmanuel Yashim