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!>lrenglhcncd bccnuse of lhc shan: sitt of youth in the lOtnl population ond the need lo

\hhough il is ackno,vlcdgcd lhat go\'cmn1cnt po

lie):-Should not only serve as public recognition of issues that need to be

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b} ,ncrc nppro,'111 fro,n the �linis1ry of l lenllh. In addition there is little e, idenec in

li1cr;1111re lu ,ltu,v the cllecl ul 1111puh11l1111 /h1111ily life c,htl'Uliu11 prurr:111111,l· in '-l'l,111<lar�

schools nnd n,nong teachers specifically.

Revie,v in this arco re, eals inadequate adherence to policy. Se, cr:ll reasons ore contributory to the pcrccht-d inadequate adherence to policy or its proper in1plc111cn1n1ion These include inadequate commitrnent 10 program111e by government, lnck of progmn1nu11ic action to follo,v or sustain policy hnplemen1n1ion. \\enk meehanis,n (con1pounded 1,y inadequate resources for technical assistance) 10 i1nplemen1 nnd 1noni1or program,ne. 'fhe inadequacy of com1ni1mcn1 10 prognunn,e is rcOccted from very early stages. A UNf ^o P ^{1\ (} 1992) report, ,vhich re, ie\\ed activities four years nfier launching the

arc expected to implc,ncnt \'Orious aspects of the policy. Also con1111i11nen1 10 the progm1111nc ^\\'OS lo,,•. ^This chnmcteristic behaviour the report observed ^,,115 not consistent ,vith population policy ond could not publicly sustain or promote it. Lo,v commi1111cnt is also rcOcctcd in the absence of appropriate lcgislotion 10 back progranunc up. A rcscnrch report of the Federal Minislry of Health and social scr,•ices (FMOH & SS /WIIO. 1992) rc,enlcd that 111ost policies Issued at the federal le,cl nnd expected to be

adopted by stoics ond locnl Goven11nc111 Arco ore usunlly not rcstrictl>· enforced espccinlly in the orcos of Reproductive I lenlth (a the1nc in foLE) inspitc of needs in this an.:a. /1.111,1 of the pr11gr:1111111cs i11 this arc:1 fci1l11n' ,vi1hi11 i11lhnnal poli ^l ·ics nf r�·li ^l dnuc;

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and 01hcr Non-Govcrn1ncn1 Orgonisntions os FLE or l.�C oboul honnful trndi1ion.nl pr:1,1kcs. h further 11111ctl lhill 1hc Nigcrinn populncc 111,,y no1 he n\\nrc of 1ltc c,istcnce of concrete ^po licies nnd legislation ,vhcther fonnnl or inforn10l 1hn1 arc likely to pron,otc the henhh of young 1icoplc n.s kno,vlcdge and ideo regarding progr:11nmc:,; for youth nre

1101 c:n,;ily nccessible ond so ore not \\'ilhin the r�ch of many people.

EITons to strengthen n1cchnnis1n for tcchnicnl assistance, financial resources ond progr:11n1nntic action led to the cstnblishn1cn1 of population Ac1hi1ics funds Agency (PAFA) o pornstotol, ,vhich ^\\'1\S set up to fncili1n1e 0111011g othc�. the integration or fa111ily plnnning into l'\-ln1ernol Child I lenhh (!',,!Cl I) and promotion of fo1nily plnnning

through Hcolth education. (Annon) n10us, 1993). t\lso reponcd is the insufficient number uf1n1i11ctl lcaclicrs lo 1111plc1111:111 1>up11la1iu11/f.1111il) life cd11c:11io11 n� n rcs11h ofin.1clcqun1c

resources (Populi, 1992). Conscqucn1 upon this is the de,clopment ofa policy document, which gave rise to the estoblishn1cnt or on Office of Planning and Co-ordination for Progm,n (OPCPP) in Fl\lOH to co-ordinntc policy imple1ne11101ion octl\ities. Along side the ndoption of the notional policy, a depan1ncnt of ^po pulotion octh ities '"as set up nt the FMOl 1 ,vith on interministerial provisional consultation group to nssist co-ordination of progranuncs. I lo\\ever , evidence in Literoture sho\\ 1ninimol effect of the activities of

these units on teniary centers nnd public enlightenn,ent on populntion nnd fo ¹ nil ⁾ life education generally, rather Ff\101-f & SS/\VI 10; evnluot ivc rcpon sho\\cd inadequate ,l\v:111:111.:,-. pr11ur:1111111c "hil .. h L:•1"c rise lo the sil11:11io11 in \\hich n hi ¹ •h prn(lOnion of the

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population being una\\nre or progromme/policy ond ore not odequotel ⁾ sensitized i11cl1 ¹ ili11g lhnsc rc1Cp ¹ 111sihlc li,r 1111li1:.} 1111J pro�n1 ¹ 111 ¹¹ c i ¹ 11plc ¹¹¹ c111;11 ¹ 11 ¹¹ : ¹ 1 1hc I GA Al,v reported ore the discrepancies in policies ⁰¹ Ll1e stole, federal te,els and other sectors.

l'hc non-rcvic\, of previous policies rind ^l;1\YS governing social nud 1nedical issues nlTccting routlis ,vheu nc,v ln\vs ore inncted lead 10 discrepancies \\hich cnusc ilnpcdhnent 10 i1nplc111enta1io11 as in the case of conOicting provision or moral precedence

of1radi1io1mVrcli�ious nonns or rules over goverrunent policies.

ror example Nigeria ( 1988) recommended 25years ns oge of 111nrriage for 1nen ,vherens the marriage lo,v cop 115.1958 or the Fedeml Republic of Nigeria ond that of

Logos S1n1c s1ipuln1es 21 years so olso is the n10ral precedence ,vhich encourages more l.hildrcn u,cr lhc Nl'I' ( 1'1XK) ,vhich li ¹ 1 ¹ ils fa ¹ 11ily site h) li1 ¹¹ ili ¹¹ g. the ¹¹¹ 1 ¹¹¹ hcr orchil l lrcn born by one ,vont.111 to 4, restricts age of nlDrriogc nnd promotes educative progrnnune 10 entrench such.

Indeed in many rcspecti- the proper in1ple1nen1ntion of populotion educotion in schools depends on the o, emll national policy ond co1nmi1mcn1 10 progrnm1ncs. n,e rccon1111enda1ion by an expert group conlnined in Population Bulletin of the UN focussed on the special needs of )OUth, stressed the need for extending ond strengthening populntion/FLE using every meons ovoiloblc (Anonymous 1993)

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