Secretary to the Government of the Federation Mr Boss Mustapha has called for urgent need to check population growth in the country.
He made this known in Abuja during the launch of the book written by Dr Manassah Jatau .
According to Mustapha, in one or two decades from now, Nigeria will become the third most populous country after China and India. He called for an urgent need to begin to plan for this increase.
He also stated that the population projection is scary and control measures will have to be put in place for effective management of the people and national development.
