Three baby Nigeria plan "tricky"

 Nigeria is one of the most dangerous countries in the world to have a baby a Nigerian, family planning expert told the BBC it would be difficult to implement the suggestion that Nigerians should only have three children.

Isaac Ogo noted the tradition of polygamy and the belief that children were considered as a "gift of God" in a society dominated by men.

Recent United Nations figures suggest the population of Nigeria could move to 730 million by 2100 - behind the India and China.

The United Nations Special Adviser Jeffrey Sachs said that this perspective concerned him.

"" It is not healthy. "."Nigeria should work to reach a maximum of three children per family, he told the AFP news agency.

Mr. Ogo, of the Federation of family planning of Nigeria, is in agreement with the objective, but it will be difficult to change the point of view of many Nigerians, said.

He said that Nigeria was a "high birth, high death" society where many people think: "I need to have as many children as I want, as I do not know who will survive."

Nigeria is one of the worst places in the world to have a baby, according to the UN.

Approximately 145 women die every day in pregnancy or childbirth, as do the 2,300 children less than five years.

Not their business.

Mr. Ogo also told Focus of the BBC on the programme Africa that many women are unable to visit an organization as its without the consent of their husbands.

In the streets of the city of Kaduna North, some people told the BBC that God has decided how many children they had, and therefore it would be wrong to try to limit the number of births.

"The United Nations should try to advise the Government how to improve the lives of Nigerians, not to say Nigerian not having children - which is not their business," said an angry woman.

But a woman of agreement with Mr. Sachs, saying that, in a country poor as Nigeria, it was preferable to have fewer children and caring for them properly.

Population of Nigeria is currently 160 m - by far the most populous in Africa, but a long way behind those of China and the India.

These countries have a rich growth, the United Nations predicted their populations is stop expanding, while those in Africa such as Nigeria, will continue to grow rapidly.