THE NEED FOR BIRTH CONTROL IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN SOCIETIES

The importance of family Planning and birth control cannot be overemphasized. Over here in Nigeria it is a topic that is being upheld strongly, people are being sensitized on the need for family planning in churches and other organizations like schools. In some other cases the society and trends leave people no option than to plan their future and that of there family. In all these still, to ask whether family planning and birth control is acceptable or not within the country is quite controversial but I shall as much as possible respond to it in the question that is being raised.

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Be it where it may, family planning alongside birth control should be taken very seriously. It is so important that the future of the unborn children depend on it and that must never be forgotten. The dream of every parent is that their child have a good life but that cannot be archived if there is no proper family planning.

Over here in Nigeria, there so many factors that affects family planning and these factors be it negative or positive are sometimes unavoidable. In such unavoidable cases, people simply have no option than to do what the time demands of them.

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SOME FACTORS THAT AFFECTS FAMILY PLANNING IN NIGERIA

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Cultural Demands for Male ChildrenThe need for continuity in family is highly emphasized is Nigeria (and many African Country). Using that as an excuse, many typical African parents tend to give preference to male children. If it then be the case that they are not able to give birth to a male child, many of them can go to any extent to get one. There are men who would marry as many as three wives just to secure a male child, their also cases where families end up giving birth to multiple female children as a result of their quest for a male child. All of these are certainly factors that affects birth control in Nigeria and in Africa at large.

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Economical Factors Truth be told, Nigeria is currently facing serious economical challenges and that is having a serious effect on most family. An average Nigerian survives on less than two dollars everyday while a dollar is equivalence to about one thousand six hundred naira. With this being the case, making such an amount of money is far more difficult than spending it. Giving the current economical crisis in the country family planning is no longer the choice of families to make, people simply have no option than to think of the future. Now the question whether it is accepted by either culture or any other factor is no longer relevance, people simply just want to survive. Though it might have brought the need for family planning to the mind of most citizens but this is for me the most contemporary among every of the factors that affects family planning in Nigeria.

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THE QUESTION WHETHER FAMILY PLANING IS ACCEPTABLE OR NOT

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Nigeria is indeed blessed with numerous cultural practices and many of her culture encourages giving birth to as much children as possible. The traditional Igbo community for instance associates higher social status to families with large number, by implication being blessed with plenty of children simply tells how much the gods have favored you. For the Yorubas children symbolize good future and prosperity, the Hausas, the Edos and different other tribes of Nigeria hold the same view. For everyone there is absolutely nothing wrong with having plenty of children. Notwithstanding all of these, the contemporary Nigerian community might have a different opinion in this matter. The trend of time have brought so many to the realize how important family planning is, the old cultural belief are gradually being throw away. Though the traditional Nigerian communities see no need for family planning, but time has changed, there is now a great need for birth control and family planing in the contemporary Nigeria. As a matter of fact, most contemporary families see no need for plenty of children.

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I might not have given a comprehensive answer to the question that is being raised but this is my simply opoinion on the matter. I am @ernesto6402 and I am happy to have sheared my opinion. One Love✌️