The national security memorandum 200 authored in 1974 under the then US secretary of states Henry Kessinger, in the document it clearly stated that the growth of lesser developed countries, especially in population and economic advancement, is a strategic threat to the US..what this meant was that for countries that won't accept population control..their food aid and assistance should be cut in half to help teach them a lesson..this policy has been the bedrock of US policy for Africa..the US through the USAID is constantly preaching population control to us even Obama did when he had a meeting with African youths in South Africa telling them that "if everybody in Africa is raising the living standards to where everybody is having a car. a big house or air conditioning, the planet will boil over" meaning if countries in Africa develops the world will boil over, apparently if you are in Africa according to US policies you don't deserve to have a house, or good development because it will destroy the planet.

The US and its western allies have been preaching population control for many years why because it is a threat to the US..having a large population doesn't necessarily make a country at disadvantage but make them a superpower with proper planning.

i have come to the conclusion that western countries and their NGOs do not have any policies that will make Africa grow, their mean hope is to make us improvished as much as possible so that they can control us and make us their slaves that is why they preach climate change, population control and all sort of nonsense anti-development policies to keep us poor as possible...

if you noticed the western media has been critical of Chinese investment in Africa because the Chinese are destroying their plans..the west are jealous and are scared that someoneslse is developing their former colony and making them not dependent on them for aids

lilwetdick:
The national security memorandum 200 authored in 1974 under the then US secretary of states Henry Kessinger, in the document it clearly stated that the growth of lesser developed countries, especially in population and economic advancement, is a strategic threat to the US..what this meant was that for countries that won't accept population control..their food aid and assistance should be cut in half to help teach them a lesson..this policy has been the bedrock of US policy for Africa..the US through the USAID is constantly preaching population control to us even Obama did when he had a meeting with African youths in South Africa telling them that "if everybody in Africa is raising the living standards to where everybody is having a car. a big house or air conditioning, the planet will boil over" meaning if countries in Africa develops the world will boil over, apparently if you are in Africa according to US policies you don't deserve to have a house, or good development because it will destroy the planet.

The US and its western allies have been preaching population control for many years why because it is a threat to the US..having a large population doesn't necessarily make a country at disadvantage but make them a superpower with proper planning.

i have come to the conclusion that western countries and their NGOs do not have any policies that will make Africa grow, their mean hope is to make us improvished as much as possible so that they can control us and make us their slaves that is why they preach climate change, population control and all sort of nonsense anti-development policies to keep us poor as possible...

if you noticed the western media has been critical of Chinese investment in Africa because the Chinese are destroying their plans..the west are jealous and are scared that someoneslse is developing their former colony and making them not dependent on them for aids

Population does need to be controlled, Ifrom you have 200 million people knocking your door every morning how do you plan to feed them, clothes them, give them health care, shelter basic resources. Part of nigerias problem today is our population. Also we should be careful with the chinese they are just as crafty as their western counterparts.

leokid866:


Population does need to be controlled, Ifrom you have 200 million people knocking your door every morning how do you plan to feed them, clothes them, give them health care, shelter basic resources. Part of nigerias problem today is our population. Also we should be careful with the chinese they are just as crafty as their western counterparts.

those preaching population controls know why they are preaching it.. Nigeria can feed 200 million people..we do that yearly and there have never been a case of famine in Nigeria.

The basic thesis of the memorandum was that population growth in the least developed countries (LDCs) is a concern to US national security, because it would tend to risk civil unrest and political instability in countries that had a high potential for economic development. The policy gives "paramount importance" to population control measures and the promotion of contraception among 13 populous countries to control rapid population growth which the US deems inimical to the socio-political and economic growth of these countries and to the national interests of the United States since the "U.S. economy will require large and increasing amounts of minerals from abroad" and the countries can produce destabilizing opposition forces against the US.

It recommends for US leadership to "influence national leaders" and that "improved world-wide support for population-related efforts should be sought through increased emphasis on mass media and other population education and motivation programs by the UN, USIA, and USAID."

lilwetdick:


those preaching population controls know why they are preaching it.. Nigeria can feed 200 million people..we do that yearly and there have never been a case of famine in Nigeria.

The basic thesis of the memorandum was that population growth in the least developed countries (LDCs) is a concern to US national security, because it would tend to risk civil unrest and political instability in countries that had a high potential for economic development. The policy gives "paramount importance" to population control measures and the promotion of contraception among 13 populous countries to control rapid population growth which the US deems inimical to the socio-political and economic growth of these countries and to the national interests of the United States since the "U.S. economy will require large and increasing amounts of minerals from abroad" and the countries can produce destabilizing opposition forces against the US.

It recommends for US leadership to "influence national leaders" and that "improved world-wide support for population-related efforts should be sought through increased emphasis on mass media and other population education and motivation programs by the UN, USIA, and USAID."

You think living on less than a dollar is feeding and control?...

lilwetdick:


those preaching population controls know why they are preaching it.. Nigeria can feed 200 million people..we do that yearly and there have never been a case of famine in Nigeria.

The basic thesis of the memorandum was that population growth in the least developed countries (LDCs) is a concern to US national security, because it would tend to risk civil unrest and political instability in countries that had a high potential for economic development. The policy gives "paramount importance" to population control measures and the promotion of contraception among 13 populous countries to control rapid population growth which the US deems inimical to the socio-political and economic growth of these countries and to the national interests of the United States since the "U.S. economy will require large and increasing amounts of minerals from abroad" and the countries can produce destabilizing opposition forces against the US.

It recommends for US leadership to "influence national leaders" and that "improved world-wide support for population-related efforts should be sought through increased emphasis on mass media and other population education and motivation programs by the UN, USIA, and USAID."

I'm not arguing this, yes it's a threat to them, but how long before it becomes a threat to us as a people. Nigeria has not gone through a famine officially but you can tell me a large portion of our population is adequately fed day to day. You think foreign countries regulate their own population because they want to impose it on us. We in nigeria are growing at an exponential rate and soon if care is not taken it will be a huge problem for us. For examples look at China, their population is so large parts of the country often experience food shortages and it's sometimes so severe some people have taking advantage of it to be selling substandard and poisonous food. That is the future we are heading to.

Whatvmakes u think Nigeria or other African countries is a threat to a behemoth like the US.

Us is more concerned about China not African glorified villages

Besides its not like Nigeria is gonna developed to super power status in a decade to come

leokid866:


I'm not arguing this, yes it's a threat to them, but how long before it becomes a threat to us as a people. Nigeria has not gone through a famine officially but you can tell me a large portion of our population is adequately fed day to day. You think foreign countries regulate their own population because they want to impose it on us. We in nigeria are growing at an exponential rate and soon if care is not taken it will be a huge problem for us. For examples look at China, their population is so large parts of the country often experience food shortages and it's sometimes so severe some people have taking advantage of it to be selling substandard and poisonous food. That is the future we are heading to.

i have never heard about food shortage in china before... this is my first time hearing it..china is one of the biggest exporters of rice and many other foodstuffs

substandard and poisonous food in china wasn't because of food shortage rather greed from manufacturers, most of the guys doing that do get prison time after being found out.

nijabazaar:
Whatvmakes u think Nigeria or other African countries is a threat to a behemoth like the US.

Us is more concerned about China not African glorified villages

Besides its not like Nigeria is gonna developed to super power status in a decade to come

you dont understand politics.. you are used to the surface news..what the mass media sells to you..nigeria is a regional power in its sphere of influence.

if you read the document i highlighted.. you wont be commenting in an ignorant way.

lilwetdick:


i have never heard about food shortage in china before... this is my first time hearing it..china is one of the biggest exporters of rice and many other foodstuffs

substandard and poisonous food in china wasn't because of food shortage rather greed from manufacturers, most of the guys doing that do get prison time after being found out.

Okay. Google China population and food shortages

lilwetdick:


i have never heard about food shortage in china before... this is my first time hearing it..china is one of the biggest exporters of rice and many other foodstuffs

substandard and poisonous food in china wasn't because of food shortage rather greed from manufacturers, most of the guys doing that do get prison time after being found out.

I'm not saying they are starving but from time to time some regions experience food shortages, as man shall not live by bread alone so shall he not live by Rice alone, what use is rice to you if there's no pepper, or no meat, or fish. some of these things go missing from their diets from time to time and it's not cause it is unavailable, it's just not enough to feed everybody.

lilwetdick:


i have never heard about food shortage in china before... this is my first time hearing it..china is one of the biggest exporters of rice and many other foodstuffs

substandard and poisonous food in china wasn't because of food shortage rather greed from manufacturers, most of the guys doing that do get prison time after being found out.

When China initiated the one child policy you think they were dumb or doing it to please foreign powers? They knew if they continued to grow at the rate they were before the government won't have been able to control public life and foreign powers would start to blacklist them as a people because no one wants to care for what is not his own.

OP, you made a mess of your good point by clouding it with uncontrollable population control in Africa.

Which country can achieve anything without population control?

Better still, which family can feed all members of the family without adequate planning?

God will provide, abi.

Look at where the number of poor people have been reduced most, China!

How? After famine, poverty and overpopulation they FORCED one family one child.

You are right, developed countries want to keep Africa poor to remain source of cheap labor and resources. Our development is a threat to them.

Think about Structural Adjustment and Devaluation. Their helpers and proponents are your London School of Economics and Harvard educated African graduates.

lilwetdick:
The national security memorandum 200 authored in 1974 under the then US secretary of states Henry Kessinger, in the document it clearly stated that the growth of lesser developed countries, especially in population and economic advancement, is a strategic threat to the US..what this meant was that for countries that won't accept population control..their food aid and assistance should be cut in half to help teach them a lesson..this policy has been the bedrock of US policy for Africa..the US through the USAID is constantly preaching population control to us even Obama did when he had a meeting with African youths in South Africa telling them that "if everybody in Africa is raising the living standards to where everybody is having a car. a big house or air conditioning, the planet will boil over" meaning if countries in Africa develops the world will boil over, apparently if you are in Africa according to US policies you don't deserve to have a house, or good development because it will destroy the planet.

The US and its western allies have been preaching population control for many years why because it is a threat to the US..having a large population doesn't necessarily make a country at disadvantage but make them a superpower with proper planning.

i have come to the conclusion that western countries and their NGOs do not have any policies that will make Africa grow, their mean hope is to make us improvished as much as possible so that they can control us and make us their slaves that is why they preach climate change, population control and all sort of nonsense anti-development policies to keep us poor as possible...

if you noticed the western media has been critical of Chinese investment in Africa because the Chinese are destroying their plans..the west are jealous and are scared that someoneslse is developing their former colony and making them not dependent on them for aids

I have known this since IMF, WB, UN, and all their agencies never appreciate Chinese effort in our infrastructure development. Chinese loans go directly to the projects without passing through the corrupt African leaders. This is different from the loans from the western that go back to their economies through the back doors. Pls, how can a reasonable human compare these loans in the first place? Till day, no one has called out France for her evil across Africa. Britain is planning another invasion..... Nigeria as a country needs intelligent leaders for at least a decade that would be anti-west with high level of diplomacy in relations. Our population, our business, and should not be their headache.

lilwetdick:


you dont understand politics.. you are used to the surface news..what the mass media sells to you..nigeria is a regional power in its sphere of influence.

if you read the document i highlighted.. you wont be commenting in an ignorant way.

You are highly intelligent. Do you know that, I am against Atiku for this reason. I thank God that, he never won the last election. Atiku would have been a puppet to them. One of the first thing he would have done was floating of Naira, IMF till date still believe our Naira at 360 is still over valued.
Secondly, Atiku already had in mind those he wanted to sell NNPC to, claiming corruption as his reason for the idea. There is corruption in NNPC because of corruption in Nigeria. Fight corruption in Nigeria, and that of NNPC would disappear.

Lastly, the development of China is good for Africa; it would balance the western evil forces fighting over African resources. If African leaders can make use of this opportunity to strike good deals with China in terms of tech transfer, academic exchanges, etc. Today, America is fighting China (in trade, Huawei, etc), just because they're now leading in 5G, AI, growing capabilities in South China sea and many more...

leokid866:


When China initiated the one child policy you think they were dumb or doing it to please foreign powers? They knew if they continued to grow at the rate they were before the government won't have been able to control public life and foreign powers would start to blacklist them as a people because no one wants to care for what is not his own.

the one-child policy has already been abolished..yes at first it was to control their population then they realise that the one-child policy was bringing an imbalance between men and women in the society..families were aborting their female child because of Chinese preference for male child..the Chinese govt realise that if they continue the one-child policy many men will be without bride and it could increase the kidnapping of women, sex trafficking and many societal unrest,the govt decided to ban it.

Jacseyi:


You are highly intelligent. Do you know that, I am against Atiku for this reason. I thank God that, he never won the last election. Atiku would have been a puppet to them. One of the first thing he would have done was floating of Naira, IMF till date still believe our Naira at 360 is still over valued.
Secondly, Atiku already had in mind those he wanted to sell NNPC to, claiming corruption as his reason for the idea. There is corruption in NNPC because of corruption in Nigeria. Fight corruption in Nigeria, and that of NNPC would disappear.

Lastly, the development of China is good for Africa; it would balance the western evil forces fighting over African resources. If African leaders can make use of this opportunity to strike good deals with China in terms of tech transfer, academic exchanges, etc. Today, America is fighting China (in trade, Huawei, etc), just because they're now leading in 5G, AI, growing capabilities in South China sea and many more...

anything america is doing is for their own interest alone..we can see it in the trade war and also the fight and propaganda against Huawei...they always want to have the first advantage but the chinese were more smarter than them..so they make sure..they destroy huawei image so that they can give advantage to their companies. this is a big lesson to big foreign companies that america is not your friend if you dont give advantage to their company.

i agree with you, we need leaders that will start thinking about our interest..this western govt does not like us that is why they want a united Africa, they want us to sign strange trade agreements in unity so that they can flood our markets with their goods..anybody that have been to senegal will tell you how european tomatoes have destroy local production of tomatoes

lilwetdick:


the one-child policy has already been abolished..yes at first it was to control their population.

Glad you admit population does need control.

lilwetdick:


anything america is doing is for their own interest alone..we can see it in the trade war and also the fight and propaganda against Huawei...they always want to have the first advantage but the chinese were more smarter than them..so they make sure..they destroy huawei image so that they can give advantage to their companies. this is a big lesson to big foreign companies that america is not your friend if you dont give advantage to their company.

i agree with you, we need leaders that will start thinking about our interest..this western govt does not like us that is why they want a united Africa, they want us to sign strange trade agreements in unity so that they can flood our markets with their goods..anybody that have been to senegal will tell you how european tomatoes have destroy local production of tomatoes

So you people don't think China has their own evil plans, you can't rise to a point of great good without knowing great evil.

leokid866:


Glad you admit population does need control.

so basically you just use one of the point that suits you but fail to use the other where i talked about china stopping its one child policy because of imbalance in society

leokid866:


So you people don't think China has their own evil plans, you can't rise to a point of great good without knowing great evil.

the reality is this every country coming to Africa always have their evil plans..i still remember reading WikiLeaks where Nigeria govt officials were complaining that because Chinese gave us loans..the Chinese were choosing the more lucrative oil wells for their national oil company even though the Chinese knew that other companies have bid for them..the reality is that you have to see the big picture and be pragmatic..the difference between the Chinese and the west is that one is actually building while the other is creating chaos and causing conflicts.,we can see that in Libya today.

Jacseyi:


I have known this since IMF, WB, UN, and all their agencies never appreciate Chinese effort in our infrastructure development. Chinese loans go directly to the projects without passing through the corrupt African leaders. This is different from the loans from the western that go back to their economies through the back doors. Pls, how can a reasonable human compare these loans in the first place? Till day, no one has called out France for her evil across Africa. Britain is planning another invasion..... Nigeria as a country needs intelligent leaders for at least a decade that would be anti-west with high level of diplomacy in relations. Our population, our business, and should not be their headache.

They have always killed off such presidents - Sankara, Ghadaffi. Even Mugabe was anti West

lilwetdick:


so basically you just use one of the point that suits you but fail to use the other where i talked about china stopping its one child policy because of imbalance in society

I get the imbalance problem. Still we need population control we need to find a way around it before we over-run ourselves. At least we should make abortions legal for starters.

InyinyaAgbaOku:


They have always killed off such presidents - Sankara, Ghadaffi. Even Mugabe was anti West

You don't need to be anti west. Just pro you. The moment you come out as anti west you get marked.

InyinyaAgbaOku:


They have always killed off such presidents - Sankara, Ghadaffi. Even Mugabe was anti West

You don't need to be anti west, just be pro you. The moment you come out as anti west you get marked.

leokid866:


You don't need to be anti west, just be provided you. The moment you come out as anti west you get marked.

Just be what ?

Population control simply will not work in Nigeria.

InyinyaAgbaOku:


Just be what ?

Just be pro you.

leokid866:


Just be pro you.

Ghadaffi was pro his Libya.
Sometimes, the west feels that being pro you is anti them. Esp when being pro you involves you not accepting some of their harmful ideologies on your people .

Afonjas Hypocrites always looking for a splinter in someone's eyes where there is a log in theirs in Nigeria. Are you afonjas and Hausa-Fulani not killing and marginalizing Igbos to prevent them from rising out envy? This was how one afonja was crying racism the other day that a white man asked him to go back to Africa. I asked him, are you afonjas not asking Igbos to leave Lagos? He paused, looked at me and stopped complaining. I told him, this is the problem with you afonjas, you have zero conscience until it happens to you, then your eyes go red. Adeyinka grandson is living in someone's country, and he is asking Igbos to leave Lagos. SMH

Op so you have sense like this