FG blames failure of economic reforms on population growth Story by Jane AISO The Minister of Budget and Economic planning, Atiku Bagudu, has said that Nigeria’s rising population growth is gradually collapsing the gains of economic reforms by the government. Bagudu made the disclosure on Wednesday in Abuja at a National Economic Dialogue, organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) with the theme “Nigeria’s Economic Future: 25yrs of Democracy and beyond." He said, “Our population has grown in 25 years from 190 million in 1999 to now about 230 million in 2024,...