The Federal Government on Monday expressed concern at population growth rate in the country, describing it as “pretty high.
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The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, who stated this at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies in Jos on Monday while inaugurating the Senior Executive Course 42 of participants of the institute, however, said the government was determined to tackle the challenge through the appropriate policy framework.
Osinbajo pointed out that it was in order to address the problem that the Federal Government approved the ‘Population Growth and Human Capital Development Challenges and Opportunities,’ as the focus of study for this year’s Senior Executive Course 42 participants “to enable them to articulate evidence-based and appropriate responses to the issues.”
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