Latest Nigeria Population Is 198m – NPC
The National Population Commission (NPC) has pose Nigeria’s electrical flow population at 198 1 one k thousand people alongside urban population growing at an average annual growth charge per unit of measurement of most 6.5 per cent.
Chairman of NPC, Mr Eze Duruiheoma, stated this inwards New York piece delivering Nigeria’s contestation on Sustainable Cities, Human Mobility as well as International Migration at the 51st Session of Commission on Population as well as Development.
Duruiheoma said: “Nigeria remains the most populous inwards Africa, the 7th globally alongside an estimated population of over 198 million.
“The recent World Population Prospects predicts that yesteryear 2050, Nigeria volition give-up the ghost the 3rd most populated province inwards the world.
“Over the final l years, the Nigeria’s urban population has grown at an average annual growth charge per unit of measurement of to a greater extent than than 6.5 per cent without commensurate growth inwards social amenities as well as infrastructure.
“It grew substantially from 17.3 inwards 1967 to 49.4 per cent inwards 2017. In addition, the 2014 World Urbanisation Prospects report, predicts that yesteryear 2050, most of the population – seventy per cent – volition live on residing inwards cities.
“The 2010 human mobility Survey study revealed that 23 per cent of the sampled population were of to a greater extent than females than males”.
He said the category of population to a greater extent than oftentimes than non engaged inwards urbanisation as well as migration were immature people of teenage as well as adolescents’ girls as well as boys, women of kid bearing historic menstruation as well as the working historic menstruation population.
He said existing urbanisation tendency coupled alongside internally displaced persons (IDPs) inwards cities, pose critical challenges to securing sustainability of our cities, including efforts to brand them smart as well as responsive to human influx.
“The Displacement Tracking Matrix circular XXI of Jan 2018 identified estimated 1.7 1 one k thousand IDPs inwards over 321,580 households across vi states of North-East Nigeria alongside xl per cent residing inwards camp-like settings inwards urban areas plus 1.4 1 one k thousand returnees.
“The publish of IDPs represented 4.5 per cent growth compared to the 1,702,680 identified inwards Round XX (Dec. 2017).”
Duruiheoma said similar inwards other developing countries, Nigerian cities hosted broad spread poverty, under-employment as well as unemployment at an average of 18.4 per cent, according to the National Bureau of Statistics 2017 report.
The NPC boss bemoaned the insecurity as well as inadequate as well as inequitable wellness assist services for adolescents as well as women of kid bearing age.
“Nigeria continues to commit to solving the challenges of insurgents inwards the Northeast, which has induced a high publish of internally displaced persons.
“We admit that women, children as well as especially the daughter kid are oftentimes the most vulnerable inwards these displacements, as well as inwards this regard, nosotros remain focused on the wellbeing of these vulnerable parts of our population.
“We are committed to providing adequate wellness assist services, reducing maternal mortality, rebuilding prophylactic schools as well as empowering our women, ensuring no 1 is left behind inwards price of achieving sustainable development.”
Duruiheoma said these challenges adversely impacted on the character of life as well as standards of living of the urban populace.
According to him, Nigeria stays committed to the twin goals of the Habitat Agenda – adequate shelter for all as well as the evolution of sustainable human settlements inwards an urbanising world. (NAN)
