Govt. must participate in family planning.

Abstract

The Western State Commisioner for Economic Planning and Reconstruction, Mr. Ladosu Ladapo, who is a member of the National Executive Committee of the Council, has called for active government participation in the programs of the Family Planning Council of Nigeria (FPCN). The Commissioner was addressing newsmen at Kaduna in May where he had gone to attend the meeting of the EXCO. He said governments of the Federation should get themselves involved in the activities of the Council since social and health services of the various governments are related to that of the FPCN. The FPCN, Mr. Ladapo explained, relied more or less on external aid. "Although there is nothing wrong in taking aid, but since there is hardly any aid without strings attached, the Governments of Nigeria should be involved in the activities of the Council and dictate its policies. " Speaking on the same subject earlier, the Executive Secretary, Mr. S.L. Ojo, also called for government financial involvement in the Council's program.