Former President, OLUSEGUN OBASANJO has asked Nigerian leaders to begin at this moment in the nation’s history, to prepare for and against population explosion.

The former president stated this in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital during a mentoring session with students of some selected schools across the country.

OLUSEGUN OBASANJO said Nigeria’s population is becoming a liability due to its improper management, stressing that except there is urgent intervention, then the nation may be declared the third most populous nation in the world.

According to him, population management must come to the fore, especially in the face of the geometric population explosion without a corresponding socio-economic development.