An Examination of the Legal, Economic, Security and Political Effects of Uncontrolled Population in Nigeria: The Way Forward
| dc.contributor.author | Adebayo, Bamidele Olasehinde | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-26T16:42:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-07-26T16:42:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The fact that Nigeria is overpopulated in relation to its geographical size and other factors is more than saying the obvious. This paper examines the effect of the uncontrolled population on the legal, economic, and, most especially, political development in the area of promoting democratic equality among Nigerians. This paper combines both the doctrinal and non-doctrinal approaches in its research efforts. It juxtaposes population growth in Nigeria with some selected countries in relation to their socio-economic and political development. The paper reveals that the multi-faceted problems besetting Nigeria have a direct link to her population explosion. It finds out that the political marginalization of some parts of the country directly results from population explosion in other regions. It finds out that while some sections of the country are controlling their population to a reasonable extent, some other sections are not. It concludes that an uncontrolled population is inimical to Nigeria's legal, economic, and political democracy. Among others, it recommends the payment of heavy tax by those giving births beyond the legally allowable number to alleviate the problem of infrastructural deficiency and to promote democratic equality in the country | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.run.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/3482 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Redeemer's University Nigeria, Journal of Jurisprudence & International Law (RUNJJIL) | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Vol 2;pp. 82-102 | |
| dc.subject | Family planning | en_US |
| dc.subject | Infrastructural deficiency | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nigeria | en_US |
| dc.subject | Political marginalisation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Uncontrolled population | en_US |
| dc.title | An Examination of the Legal, Economic, Security and Political Effects of Uncontrolled Population in Nigeria: The Way Forward | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |