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ADEOLA OTEMADE reports on the phenomenon whereby the population continues to grow thus leading to bigger socio-economic problems in which children are either out of school or live on the street, among other social problems.
As is the practice annually the 2021 World Population Day was celebrated on July 11 with the theme: ‘the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fertility’. The day was observed this year “to shed more light on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual and reproductive health and reproductive behaviour globally.”
Also to mark the day, leading demographers and population experts discussed the impact of the pandemic on fertility preferences and behaviours, the availability and use of family planning, teenage marriage, challenges of data collection, among other issues related to population.
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“I am not a Nigerian but the name of Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu is one name anytime I hear sounds so nice to me and I will look for opportunity to get the meaning of that name one day. She is one person I have monitored closely as World Health Organization (W.H.O) personnel in Lagos State and from all indications we can say that health is on the body of her hearth” – Dr San Nyeni, W.H.O Coordinator in Lagos State.
Dr Nyeni made the above comment on November 13, 2020 during the flag off of the polio vaccination exercise for children in five local government areas of Lagos State by the First Lady, Dr. (Mrs.) Claudiana Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, and this aptly typifies her passion for the welfare and well-being of the people.