The population policy document states that appropriate programmes shall be put in place to guarantee equal opportunity between the sexes in education, employment, housing and business in addition to the provision of special population education and information programmes for women in the areas of fertility, regulation of high risk pregnancies and health promotion. Stemming from the young population structure the government, according to the policy document, hopes to address the problems of youths particularly unemployment, school drop-out and early marriage.
Finally, it is informative to highlight some major aspects of the policy document that are particularly relevant to the present discussion. In this connection, we quote hereunder, word for word, the set targets of the Nigeria's Population Policy.