Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has raised the alarm that Africa’s increasing population is assuming a worsening trend. Obasanjo worried about how Nigeria and other African countries would be able to keep “ this keg of gunpowder of the large army of unemployed youth from exploding .” He queried how the unemployed youths could be stopped from enlisting in violent extremist groups and gangs of kidnappers. Obasanjo stated these during the public presentation of the maiden edition of the Africa Progress Group (APG) report, on Tuesday. Obasanjo, who is chairman of the APG, said if Africa’s growing population, which he said keeps him awake at night, is managed properly, it will yield huge dividends for national and regional development. He said, “ Three clusters of questions pop up in my mind any time the scary thoughts of the ever-increasing population kept me awake at night. The first cluster is: how are we going to feed this exploding population? “ Only a few days ago, the alarm was ra...
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