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The National Population Commission (NPC) has said that the current overall life expectancy of Nigeria stands at 52.2 years.

The Acting Chairman of NPC, Alhaji Hassan Bashir, stated this in New York while delivering Nigeria’s statement at the 52nd Session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development.

According to the World Health Organisation, life expectancy refers to the average number of years that a newborn is expected to live if current mortality rates continue to apply.

The population chief said Nigerians “60 years and over currently represents less than five per cent of the entire population, while overall life expectancy is 55.2 years”.

Bashir added: “As you may be aware, Nigeria estimated population is currently at over 198 million with an annual growth rate of 3.2 per cent.

“The total Fertility Rate remains at 5.5 per woman; 63 per cent of the entire population is under the age of 25; 42 per cent is under the age of 15 years.

“Fifty per cent of the female population is in the reproductive years, while 54.8 per cent of the population constitutes the working age,” the Nigerian population chief said.

According to him, Nigeria recently concluded the field work of its national demography and health survey in 2018 and while it awaits the outcome of that survey, early and child marriage still persists.

He said data available indicated that unintended and unwanted pregnancies were common as 23 per cent of the adolescent girl age 15 to 19 years have commenced reproduction.

Bashir said the situation had put women, especially young girls, at risk of maternal death which stands at 576 deaths per 100,000 live births.

He added that 61 per cent of women of reproductive age who had live births within this period received antenatal care from skilled providers.

However, only 36 per cent of them had their deliveries in health facilities and 38 percent of the deliveries were attended to by skilled birth assistants, he said.

He explained that the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) had been conducted regularly with plans to conduct a census during the 2020 round of census.

Bashir, however, bemoaned the major challenge of unavailability of timely information and robust disaggregated data for tracking progress aimed at achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

“Some of our critical concerns include addressing the needs of over 66 million adolescents and young people, aged 10 to 24 years (half of whom are girls) to gain access to comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health information and age-appropriate services.

“There is also the need to address the contraceptive needs of 14 million internally displaced persons affected by increasing insecurity, as well as the needs of over 13.2 million out-of-school children including school-drop-outs due to unintended pregnancies.”

Nigeria’s Ambassador to the UN, Prof. Tijjani Bande, while delivering a statement on behalf of African Group, said Africa recognised the urgent need to unleash the creative initiative and energy of its large youth population.

Bande, Chairman, African Group, UN, said Africa remained committed to cooperating internationally to ensure safe, orderly and regular migration involving full respect for human rights and the humane treatment of all migrants.

“To this effect, the African Group s the free movement of people and goods within countries as it foster rural-urban inter-linkages, and regional integration,” he said.

According to him, African Group emphasised the need for developed countries to promote policies that foster the integration and reintegration of migrants and returning migrants. (NAN)

http://thenationonlineng.net/npc-puts-nigerias-life-expectancy-at-52-years/

We have a long way to go

Too much corruption...

I was expecting less....because of the way SARS dey short cut people life nowadays...

How did he arrive at this false figure

SarkinYarki:
How did he arrive at this false figure

No false figures bro, with the lifeless buhari at the helm of affairs, I expect it to be like 48.

Suffer Suffer Everywhere
SARS killings Everywhere
Marauding Fulani Herdsmen.

JasonScoolari:
No false figures bro, with the lifeless buhari at the helm of affairs, I expect it to be like 48.

Suffer Suffer Everywhere
SARS killings Everywhere
Marauding Fulani Herdsmen.

It's actually now 47

SarkinYarki:


It's actually now 47

Na God go help us.

While Buhari's incompetence hasn't helped, let's not pretend that the blame here is entirely his, or even the entire political class alone. Who is it that consistently votes in governors who steal and squander whatever little is left over from paying salaries to bloated public sectors, other than the masses themselves? Who celebrates incompetents who build white elephant office complexes in places where no private firms have expressed any interest in relocating to? When people obsess over government workers salaries, to the exclusion of basics like decent roads, clean water and primary healthcare facilities, is it any wonder that life expectancy in Nigeria remains abysmally low? How can 80% of a state's budget be going exclusively to the payment of salaries for "workers", most of whom do no real work? Yet anyone who dares to tamper with this ridiculous state of affairs is lambasted by the very same voters who suffer the consequences of wasting so much money on such irrelevancies, even though the same sums could dramatically improve the quality of life for millions if used judiciously.

At heart, Nigeria's problem is twofold: a poorly educated electorate still rooted in "tribal" clientelism, and an almost complete disconnect between revenue raising and distribution, which saps the public's incentive to closely oversee how public funds are used. Until the "federal allocation" system is abolished, and quality mass education is introduced nationwide, Nigeria will continue to be a useless, ailing "giant" whose only "strength" is popping out huge numbers of children whose parents can't afford to take proper care of them.

Can NPC substantiate these statistics he is reeling out

Segalink has done more for the youth than TraderMoni.

Hahahahaha.

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Life expectancy kee them there.

Na that of them and their family's.

This is another proof that citizens of a small country located off the coast of west Africa praying to Israeli and Arab gods have no effect in reality

Nigeria population that's filled with Christian and Muslim majority pray to Yahweh and Allah for long life and prosperity but reality shows these prayers fail as prayer for prosperity has only gotten Nigeria branded "Poverty Capital of the World"
source http://punchng.com/with-87m-poor-citizens-nigeria-overtakes-india-as-worlds-poverty-capital/

Prayer for long life is also failing as these prayers have failed to raise our life expectancy, on the contrary our life expectancy has only reduced to 52. the 6th worst in the world


Let's now compare a Nigeria that prays to a Jewish and Arab god to a Japan that's filled with atheists who don't even acknowledge these middle eastern gods let alone pray to them.

Japan that don't pray against poverty is regarded to be one of the richest countries in the world

Japan whose citizens don't pray to Jewish and Arab gods for long life has life expectancy of 83.7 years. the highest in the whole world

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy


For how long would we keep going through this futile exercise of praying to Arab and Jewish gods and keep deceiving ourselves that these prayers are working despite verifiable evidence to the contrary staring us in the face? For how long would we keep putting our fate in the hands of foreign gods and expecting them to help us?

“60 years and over currently represents less than five per cent of the entire population"......95% of Nigerians are below 60 years!

The guy killed by SARS is he up to 52

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Our lives won't be cut short In Sha Allah

Enact policies to reduce birthrate... at this rate of increase, it would consume us all.

solomonexodus67:
Read below

This scammer ogun will kill u

Being a Nigerian is Harzardrous alone

hopefulLandlord:
Okay

God forgive him for he knows not what he is agreeing to

Coming....

Hmm

How old is the man Alhaji Hassan Bashir, the NPC acting whatever

JasonScoolari:
No false figures bro, with the lifeless buhari at the helm of affairs, I expect it to be like 48.

Suffer Suffer Everywhere
SARS killings Everywhere
Marauding Fulani Herdsmen.

sounds more like " happy death day, wishing nigerians, short life and poverty"
*runs out*
catch me if you can