Former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said that by the year 2050 Nigeria will be the third-largest populated country in the world.

The former president said this on Sunday in Abeokuta while mentoring some students of some selected schools across the country tagged “raising the next wave of innovative leaders through entrepreneurship.”

Hw lamented that Nigeria’s population has moved from 120 million to over 200 million and that if Nigeria does not start getting it right now, she will not get it right by the year 2050.

He said: “We have moved from 120 million to over 200 million. We have added the population of France to our population and if we continue the way we are going, by the year 2050 we will be the third-largest country in the world.

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“If we still continue, by the year 3000, we would be the largest country in the world.

“What are we going to do to handle that, how are we going to handle that population? If we do not start getting it right now, we will not get it right by the year 2050.”

“What we need to do is education about population management. Some people don’t like saying family planning, but whatever you do, you must manage your population to the benefit of all that is living within your nation,” Obasanjo stated.