According to a new report by US-based Guttmacher Institute, and Ipas, a nongovernmental organisation that focuses on female reproductive rights, incidences of induced abortions are more common in the South-South and the North-East regions of Nigeria, while the South-West region is at the bottom

The report shows that besides insurgency, the North East region of Nigeria is also plagued by a high rate of abortions – second only to the South-South.The proportion of abortions is lowest in South West, at 11 per cent, and highest in the South-South at 17 per cent, and 16 per cent in the North East,” the report says.

It adds that at least 1. 2 million induced abortions take place in various parts of Nigeria every year.
Olutosin Owolude, a consultant lecturer are the department of gynaecology at the University of Ibadan, who presented the report Thursday in Abuja, said increased rates of abortions, done mostly through unsafe methods, have further heightened maternal mortality in the country.

“As we all know, Nigeria has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, presently put at 560 per 1000 births,” he said.

Mr. Owolude said the study, which was conducted in 2012, went through series of checks before its publication in 2015.

“These involve scientific methods that you have to rigorously follow,” he said. “It takes a long time to do this kind of study and to make sure that we do our analyses in a way that we are very confident of the findings,” said Mr. Owolude.

“We typically do not want to reveal the results until we have the study peer reviewed and get expert opinion that we have done all we need to do to have a scientific finding,” he added.

According to him, the number of induced abortions nationwide doubled from a previous report in 1996, which gave the number as 610, 000 nationwide.

He associated the reason for the increase to poor economic conditions which he said has led to an increase in the desire for smaller families.

He said Nigeria’s growing population, was another notable factor.

Ipas country lead and senior advisor, Hauwa Shekarau, said the program was aimed at exposing the challenges of women and highlighting their reproductive rights, stressing that the life of one woman is as important as that of every woman.
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wtf....pix

why he no go remove his region from the top chat.. this AFONJA ppl are sentimental... with the high rate of raping and child molestation in West I expect them to top the chat... Wayo ppl everywhere TUFIAKWA

Kingbuhari:
why he no go remove his region from the top chat.. this AFONJA ppl are sentimental... with the high rate of raping and child molestation in West I expect them to top the chat... Wayo ppl everywhere TUFIAKWA

My dear I tire. Even the rate at which the Stupid south west sleep among themselves. They keep pretend a lot.

Ronaldinnioh:


My dear I tire. Even the rate at which the Stupid south west sleep among themselves. They keep pretend a lot.

A region that has the loosest waist drop in abortion rates... hilarious indeed... AWOLOWO'S fear them