Dr. Kassim,
I believe most reasonable people will agree with you that "bulging need not be accidental, but planned and wanted"", except possibly people like IBK who are in burukutu stupor state the greater part of their day's waking hours; however, I believe the pertinent issue here is who control the deliberate planning and wanting of bulging, the individual (base on his/her beliefs, likes/dislikes, etc;); or the Govt/related Bodies that consistently highlight the monstrous fear of over-population? This is where I find the contemporary theories of Ayodele and Sotola to be enticing, if not sizzling!
It appears the status quo (including the reigning leadership) is ALWAYS threatened by the surging population of the commoner. Instead of viewing increasing population as a resource increase, to manage and plan for, to optimize its NUMEROUS benefits, the status quo sees it as a burden that should be arrested. This is the CRUST of the matter!
With proper visionary planning and adopting future-looking strategic management, it is not a fantasy to conceptualize that geniuses derived from increasing populations could provide the clues to harnessing sunlight energy that will solve the Energy problem of most societies; the same with food scarcity; for example we may produce geniuses soon who will show how rapid atomic rearrangement of abundant substances like water or air can lead to massive food production. These are all phenomenal possibilities that the ingenuity of human mind/brain can unravel.
So in the final analysis, societal management should focus on handling human population growth as increasing resource that should be harnessed and utilized for achieving growth in all areas of human endeavors: economic, healthcare, wellbeing, food, energy and societal development in general. If the earth is full, human ingenuity will colonized ambient and conducive planets for Humanity! It is all for Human Victory over all of God's domains. Take care. JUI
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Subject: Re: [NIgerianWorldForum] RE: RE: Population problems are imaginary
Joe:
I would even go furthe by clarifying your statement thus:
" it is NOT every one that indulges that bulges; and it is NOT every indulgence that culminates in bulging. So we can say that "whoever that indulges could Bulge" --and for modern human beings, since the invention
of effective contraception bulging need not be accidental, but planned and wanted"
NB: Words in red are my edits.
Bye,
Ola
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Subject: [NIgerianWorldForum] RE: RE: Population problems are imaginary
Prince KC,
You are doing what I almost did; and when you caught me, I had to issue a Quick clarification. That is, the generalization that: """…whoever that indulges bulges. …." should actually be made conditional; because it is NOT every one that indulges that bulges; and it is NOT every indulgence that culminates in bulging. So we can say that "whoever that indulges could Bulge". Take care. JUI
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Subject: RE: [NIgerianWorldForum] RE: Population problems are imaginary
Dr. Joe Igietseme:
A bi I lie? Mine own bi true talkooo!
Cheers, Bro.
KC Prince Asagwara
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Subject: [NIgerianWorldForum] RE: Population problems are imaginary
"""…whoever that indulges bulges. …."""Unquote Prof Prince KC Asagwara.
My Brother Prince KC, you got terms! Take care. JUI (imagining the tortuous or comfortable link between indulging and bulging!)
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Subject: [NIgerianWorldForum] RE: NIDOA | Population problems are imaginary
"The only ways by which a nation population can be controlled…are education and empowerment of women and gainful employment." Idowu
Idowu:
So, educated and empowered women with gainful employment do not indulge?
My Bro, whoever that indulges bulges.
Did the holy book not say to indulge and multiply? LOL!
Cheers.
KC Prince Asagwara
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Subject: Re: NIDOA | Population problems are imaginary
Quote:
"Ola:
So we should start forced abortion in Nigeria or give all the children rat poison immediately they are born. Imprisoned any parent that have more than 1 child.
The only ways by which a nation population can be controlled with the exception of the draconian methods suggested above are education and empowerment of women and gainful employment. No amount of your education of "e fe to so omo bibi" will work. It has never worked anywhere and I do not know how it will work in Nigerian male chauvinistic culture."
--- Idowu
UnQuote
ID:
I am sure you are aware that I am unlikely to ever recommend the kind of draconian measures you have suggested in your response
as it would amount to playing God.
But there are simple things we can do:
a) educate the girls so that they can stay in school longer, as you mentioned, so that marriages are delayed.
b) unlike you I believe that some education with increased access to family planning clinics will also help maintain
the population at a more sustainable level than it is now.
There is nothing wrong with letting the masses know what the elites already know-i.e. that it is helpful to
limit the number of children they have to the number they can afford to adequately raise.
And that the idea that every human being should bring into the world as many number of children as they
wish in the belief that only the Almighty God can look after the children is founded on ignorance and encouraged
by immoral people like IBK, who despite their education and marital status finds nothing wrong with sowing their seeds with the help of
as many women as they can find.
It is wrong to accept the fact that Nigeria men are chauvinistic as an appropriate excuse to let them off the hook
for their own responsibility on family planning issues.
Bye,
Ola
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Subject: [OmoOdua] Re: NIDOA | Population problems are imaginary
"It is wishful thinking to assume that things are suddenly going to change in Nigeria
even with divined governance in such a dramatic manner that we would be able
to erase in a few years the human resource deficit--due to lack of proper education,
healthcare and other badly needed services and infrastructure that we have accumulated in a few years."-Ola
Ola:
So we should start forced abortion in Nigeria or give all the children rat poison immediately they are born. Imprisoned any parent that have more than 1 child.
The only ways by which a nation population can be controlled with the exception of the draconian methods suggested above are education and empowerment of women and gainful employment. No amount of your education of "e fe to so omo bibi" will work. It has never worked anywhere and I do not know how it will work in Nigerian male chauvinistic culture.
Idowu
"Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God." --Thomas Jefferson
"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest." -- Elie Wiesel
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Sent: Thu, September 9, 2010 4:46:53 PM
Subject: NIDOA | Population problems are imaginary
IBK:
Thompson Ayodele, a co-author of the referenced article is well known to me.
I respect his views just as he respects mine. We agree on many
issues while we disagree on a few--the population issue being one.
This is the reason he forwarded a copy of the published article to me.
I have already arguedd against many of the points raised in Mr Ayodele's
co-authored published response to the British study which raised
some concerns over the unsustainable rate of growth of the population
in Nigeria and in most sub-Saharan African countries.
While a large healthy population comprised mostly of your adults might be
good for the national economy, the reverse is the case when the governemnt
has consistently failed to provide the necessary conducive envronment
to generate such a healthy and well educated young work force.
It is wishful thinking to assume that things are suddenly going to change in Nigeria
even with divined governance in such a dramtic manner that we would be able
to erase in a few years the human resource deficit--due to lack of proper education,
healthcare and other badly needed services and infrastructure that we have accumulated in a few years.
We can not keep on producing more and more children when we have not provided
enough class rooms in primary and secondary schools for those who were born
5 or 12 years ago and when the majority of our 25 year olds both educated and uneducated
ones remain jobless 5 , 10 or more years after graduation.
A country in which university graduates operate Okada to make a living is not one
that should turn a blind eye on the need for proper family planning.
A country in which a vast majority of her peoples live below the poverty line is
not one that should continue to breed indiscriminately in and out of wedlock
Mr Ayodele's co-authored article premises all the presumed advantages of unchecked
population growth on the existence of proper governance under good, fortright and visionary and unsustainable
leaders--the absence of which is the same Achille's heel that has been the bane of Nigeria post independence.
The position being espoused is one that can be easily compared to someone going on
shopping spree on a credit card without limit, in the belief that he or she would win
the multi-million dollar jackpot the following week.
Failure to plan is planning to fail! Human beings have a higher calling than our cousins
the apes and other animals. We do not need to ieave everything to nature!
Family planning is a good thing!
Knowingly having children you cannot care for is a moral SIN in nation without an adequate welfare
system.
Bye,
Ola
NB:IBK---Learn a little bit of decorum from Mr Ayodele and others.
You can disagree with me without being abusive.
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Subject: Re: [OmoOdua] Fwd: Population problems are imaginary
Ola Kassim,
You are brave to post this article that puts the scalpel through the thin membrane of your own position on the population debate. Now what sayeth thee to this?
Give us another long prolix post on the issue.
IBK
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Subject: [OmoOdua] Fwd: Population problems are imaginary
This is published in today's Punch and Guardian Newspapers: "Whether a nation is poor or rich depends on the availability of economic framework that provides incentives for working hard and taking risks. The key elements of such framework are economic liberty, secured property rights and fair and sensible rules of the market that are enforced equally." http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22528:ayodele-and-sotola-population-problems-are-imaginary&catid=38:columnists&Itemid=615Population problems are imaginaryBy Thompson Ayodele and Olusegun Sotola Thursday, 09 September 2010 00:00 Opinion - Columnists A recent report warns that Nigeria is teetering on the edge of a demographic disaster. This warning is based on the bludgeoning population in which there is no corresponding economic expansion. The report consequently argues that the present population is out of balance and it may spell doom as it increases to 213 million by 2050. For the past three decades, there have been debates whether there is a link between population and economic growth. The argument has been that increased population retards economic growth. This assertion is dangerous. It!merely draws attention away from the real barriers to economic growth.. There is the need for a rethink of accepted belief regarding the so-called population problem. At the centre of population policy is whether individuals themselves or politicians or national and international civil servantsshould decide the number of kids parents should have. However, an increase in population is an impetus for growth. The pattern of population growth in Nigeria in the last two decades does not indicate that an increase in population will lead to demographic disaster. Between 1991 and 2008, Nigeria population increased from 88 million to 150 million, an increase of about 70 per cent. If an increase of about 70 per cent in 17 years did not have demographic effect, then the argument that demographic disaster will occur in!2050 when the population climbs to 213 million (an increase of 42!per cent in 44 years) seems not to hold water. On the contrary, the problem is not too many people but lack of economic freedom. Therefore, the usual gloom-doom associated with increased in population is largely misplaced. In actual fact, a long-term outlook of Nigeria population indicates the likelihood of a decline. The population increased by over 70 percent between 1991 and 2008 (17 Years), and it will be growing by only 42 per cent in 44 years. Since the present day Nigeria society seems to consider large family undesirable, the likelihood of a decreased in population beyond 2050 is higher. The impression being created by the report is that Nigeria is overpopulated or heading toward overpopulation. This, of course, is absolutely misleading. Contrary to this, research has shown that the more the p!eople, the more the prosperity. It is more likely to see highly creative and innovative people in China, India, Indonesia and Nigeria than other small countries. Across the world, there are more millionaires in big cities than sparsely populated countryside. It may interest us to know that famine and starvation has occurred in sparsely populated countries than densely populated ones. Julian Simon, in one of his publications, argues that less people don't actually bring about economicgrowth. He rhetorically asks: why are our ancestors not more prosperous when they were just a few thousands on the planet? Globally, highly populated countries are important to the world economy. They provide the markets which drive entrepreneurship and exchange of goods and services. The key factor that attracts and !retains Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Nigeria is not the nat!ure of our political system but the depth and size of the market. The astronomical growth in the Telecom and the IT industry in Nigeria are essentially driven by demand which is a function of the population. Because small countries produce and consume only very few items and suffer from scale diseconomies, they are largely unattractive for big investment except when they have natural endowments. The implication of reduced population in economic term is on entrepreneurship and economic development. This will limit the market prospects for future products.Increased in the number of newborns alone can stimulate the economy. They can create market for some set of goods which interlink with the whole economy. More importantly, they grow up into productive work force. They marry, pay tax, defend the country agains!t external aggression and care for the elderly. A subtle agenda to foist on developing countries policies that aimed at artificially controlling population will undermine both quantitative and qualitative global development. Apart from making theworld underachieve its full potentials, it will create demographic problems. In China, there are now 32 million more male than female under the age of 20, sex selective abortion account for almost all the excess. China also has high rate of abandonment and infanticide of girl child. The beliefs that high population density breads poverty flew in the face of facts. If population density causes poverty, Japan and Hong Kong should be thepoorest parts of the world today. These are areas with high population density but highly prosperous despite limited landmass. &n!bsp; Population growth might cause short-term losses in term of c!ost but it is bound to yield long-term gains. In other words, the long-term benefits of high population far outweigh the short-term costs. This is because as said by Beisner "over their lifetimes, people tend to produce more than they consume," the un-consumed balances usually add up to increase the wealth and value of the society. Little wonder production has consistently outgrown population. Practical examples exist in aged society. Many developed economies are at present promoting population growth. This is noticeable in some Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries where policy makers have designed policies aimed at arresting the ageing population. A perfect example is Australia. Since May 2004 Australia governmenthas announced a "Baby Bonus" policy, paying!women an initial A$3,000 per new child. The campaign since 2004 has been tagged: one baby for your husband and one for your wife and one for the country. The National Party has promised to double the baby bonus for stay-at-home mothers if the coalition wins the federal election. In June, Australia Senate passed a bill which will pay all parents who stay home the minimum wage of $570 a week for 18 weeks. These measures are aimed at encouraging families to have more children. It is incontrovertible that human beings are the ultimate resource. Other resources are useless without human innovation and exertion. An increase human's number should therefore not be viewed as a disaster. The population problem is a bogeyman. It prevents us from seeing human beings as the ultimate resource. Rather proponents of high population encourage people to think that people are a burden !who are incapable ofchanging their economic conditions without government help. However, the truth remains that government is the big problem. It is government policies which hinder wealth creation that are keeping the people poor, under-achieved and less innovative. Whether a nation is poor or rich depends on the availability of economic framework that provides incentives for working hard and taking risks. The key elements of such framework are economic liberty, secured property rights and fair and sensible rules of the market that are enforced equally. Nigeria should avoid health and demographic implication associated with arbitrary population control. Policy makers ought not see population growth as a problem. Rather we should picture 150 million human brains daily striving to improve their situations, solve economic problems and above all create wealth. The proj!ected 213 million people will be doing so in 2050. *Ayodele and Sotola are with theInitiative for Public Policy Analysis, an independent public policy think-tank based in Lagos.
-----Original Message-----
From: Thompson Ayodele <thompson@ippanigeria.org>
To: olakassimMD@aol.com
Sent: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 12:49 pm
Subject: Population problems are imaginary
This is published in today's Punch and Guardian Newspapers: "Whether a nation is poor or rich depends on the availability of economic framework that provides incentives for working hard and taking risks. The key elements of such framework are economic liberty, secured property rights and fair and sensible rules of the market that are enforced equally." http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22528:ayodele-and-sotola-population-problems-are-imaginary&cati!
d=38:columnists&Itemid=615 Population problems are imaginary By Thompson Ayodele and Olusegun Sotola Thursday, 09 September 2010 00:00 Opinion - Columnists A recent report warns that Nigeria is teetering on the edge of a demographic disaster. This warning is based on the bludgeoning population in which there is no corresponding economic expansion. The report consequently argues that the present population is out of balance and it may spell doom as it increases to 213 million by 2050. For the past three decades, there have been debates whether there is a link between population and economic growth. The argument has been that increased population retards economic growth. This assertion is d!
angerous. It merely draws attention away from
the real barriers to economic growth. There is the need for a rethink of accepted belief regarding the so-called population problem. At the centre of population policy is whether individuals themselves or politicians or national and international civil servants should decide the number of kids parents should have. However, an increase in population is an impetus for growth. The pattern of population growth in Nigeria in the last two decades does not indicate that an increase in population will lead to demographic disaster. Between 1991 and 2008, Nigeria population increased from 88 million to 150 million, an increase of about 70 per cent. If an increase of about 70 per cent in 17 years did not have demographic effect, then the argument th!
at demographic disaster will occur in 2050 when the population cl!
imbs to 213 million (an increase of 42 per cent in 44 years) seems not to hold water. On the contrary, the problem is not too many people
but lack of economic freedom. Therefore, the usual gloom-doom associated with increased in population is largely misplaced. In actual fact, a long-term outlook of Nigeria population indicates the likelihood of a decline. The population increased by over 70 per cent between 1991 and 2008 (17 Years), and it will be growing by only 42 per cent in 44 years. Since the present day Nigeria society seems to consider large family undesirable, the likelihood of a decreased in population beyond 2050 is higher. The impression being created by the report is that Nigeria is overpopulated or heading toward overpopulation. This, of course, is absolutely misleading. !
; Contrary to this, research has shown that the more the people, the more the prosperity. It is more likely to see highly creative and innovative people in China, India, Indonesia and Nigeria than other small countries. Across the world, there are more millionaires in big cities than sparsely
populated countryside. It may interest us to know that famine and starvation has occurred in sparsely populated countries than densely populatedones. Julian Simon, in one of his publications, argues that less people don't actually bring about economic growth. He rhetorically asks: why are our ancestors not more prosperous when they were just a few thousands on the planet? Globally, highly populated countries are important to the world economy. They provide the markets which dr!
ive entrepreneurship and exchange of goods and services. The key !
factor that attracts and retains Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Nigeria is not the nature of our political system but the depth and size of the market. The astronomical growth in the Telecom and the IT industry in Nigeria are essentially driven by demand which is a function of the population. Because small countries produce and consume only very few items and suffer from scale diseconomies,
they are largely unattractive for big investment except when they have natural endowments. The implication of reduced population in economic term is on entrepreneurship and economic development. This will limit the market prospects for future products. Increased in the number of newborns alone can stimulate the economy. They can create market for some set of goods which interlink with the whole econ!
omy. More importantly, they grow up into productive work force. They marry, pay tax, defend the country against external aggression and care for the elderly. A subtle agenda to foist on developing countries policies that aimed at artificially controlling population will undermine both quantitative and qualitative global development. Apart from making the world underachieve its full potentials, it will create demographic problems. In China, there are now 32 million more male than female under the age of 20, sex selective abortion account for
almost all the excess. China also has high rate of abandonment and infanticide of girl child. The beliefs that high population density breads poverty flew in the face of facts. If population density causes poverty, Japan and Hong Kong should !
be the poorest parts of the world today. These are areas with high&nbs!
p; population density but highly prosperous despite limited landmass. Population growth might cause short-term losses in term of cost but it is bound to yield long-term gains. In other words, the long-term benefits of high population far outweigh the short-term costs. This is because as said by Beisner "over their lifetimes, people tend to produce more than they consume," the un-consumed balances usually add up to increase the wealth and value of the society. Little wonder production has consistently outgrown population. Practical examples exist in aged society. Many developed economies are at present promoting population growth.
This is noticeable in some Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries where policy makers have designed policies aim!
ed at arresting the ageing population. A perfect example is Australia. Since May 2004 Australia government has announced a "Baby Bonus" policy, paying women an initial A$3,000 per new child. The campaign since 2004 has been tagged: one baby for your husband and one for your wife and one for the country. The National Party has promised to double the baby bonus for stay-at-home mothers if the coalition wins the federal election. In June, Australia Senate passed a bill which will pay all parents who stay home the minimum wage of $570 a week for 18 weeks. These measures are aimed at encouraging families to have more children. It is incontrovertible that human beings are the ultimate resource. Other resources are useless without human innovation and exertion. An increase human's number should
therefore not be viewed as a disaster. The!
population problem is a bogeyman. It prevents us from seeing human beings as the ultimate resource. Rather proponents of high population encourage people to think that people are a burden who are incapable of changing their economic conditions without government help. However, the truth remains that government is the big problem. It is government policies which hinder wealth creation that are keeping the people poor, under-achieved and less innovative. Whether a nation is poor or rich depends on the availability of economic framework that provides incentives for working hard and taking risks. The key elements of such framework are economic liberty, secured property rights and fair and sensible rules of the market that are enforced equally. Nigeria should avoid health and demographic implication associated with arbitrary population control. Policy makers ought not see popul!
ation growth as a
problem. Rather we should picture 150 million human brains daily striving to improve their situations, solve economic problems and above all create wealth. The projected 213 million people will be doing so in 2050. *Ayodele and Sotola are with the Initiative for Public Policy Analysis, an independent public policy think-tank based in Lagos.
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