tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8122230937476826479.post3701229341691418225..comments2024-02-13T04:11:36.067-08:00Comments on Focus on Faith: IN SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT JONATHANAbubakr Siddeeqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13273164095150958593noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8122230937476826479.post-60224886959706807802012-07-14T00:12:30.985-07:002012-07-14T00:12:30.985-07:00On occasions like this, you can't help but exc...On occasions like this, you can't help but exclaim 'thank God Almighty, Nigerians are deeply religious people.' Without doubt, the mandate to increase, multiply and fill the earth embodies within it the responsibility of planning and managing human sexuality, procreation and population to ensure human flourishing. But there is a huge difference between private family planning decisions, which should be made between couples and their doctors, one one hand; and state-mandated population control, on the other hand. I have not read the President's address, but if he said what is quoted in your piece, I will disagree with his position that we--meaning the state--needs to "manage"--euphemism for (state) "control"--our population in order that we plan properly. What the state needs for planning is an accurate population census, not state mandated population control--under any guise. Advocates of population control begin from a faulty assumption that the human person is a problem to be solved instead of divinely endowed resource to be harnessed, empowered and unleashed to fulfill his/her divinely ordained flourishing. It bears repetition : "Nigeria does not need family planning to be enacted as national policy. Education and effective advocacy will serve better purpose in enlightening the people." Thanks again for using your voice.Fyne Nsoforhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11838261596842751567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8122230937476826479.post-63635241825046892772012-07-13T14:10:34.636-07:002012-07-13T14:10:34.636-07:00Salaam brother,
This is the first time that I star...Salaam brother,<br />This is the first time that I started reading an article from the last paragraph to the first and I really enjoyed it.<br />yakubufari@gmail.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461277167380383553noreply@blogger.com