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Among the challenges militating against expected human and material development in many African countries is population explosion. Available social infrastructures can no longer adequately satisfy the needs of the people. At present, in Nigeria compared with what obtained many years ago, religious practices are taken as excuses for marrying many wives when in the actual sense, there are often misinterpretations ofthe doctrines ofthe religions. The findings ofthis paper is that though many Nigerians are either Muslims or Christians with few number of traditional religious faith, the lust for marrying more than one wife did not make them obey the doctrines oftheir religious practices. This paper derives its strength from collation of verbal arts as expressed in the Holy Books of the Muslims, Christians and Ifá Oracle, one of the African traditional religions. The paper posits that no religion in Nigeria advocates for many wives and many children. The implication of this paper among others is that it provides valuable information on Nigerian population particularly as this concept remains a great troubling issue for Nigerian and many African governments. It is yet an attempt aimed at discouraging Africans from creating more problems for themselves and the continent through production of more children than they can cater for. |\n| Article history\u003Cbr>Received: January 25, 2019\u003Cbr>Accepted: April 21, 2019\u003Cbr>Published: June 30, 2019\u003Cbr>Volume: 10 Issue: 3\u003Cbr>Advance access: May 2019 |  |\n| Conflicts of interest: None\u003Cbr>Funding: None |  |\n| Key words:\u003Cbr>Population,\u003Cbr>Verbal Arts, Religion, Oracle, Tradition, Procreation,\u003Cbr>Information |  |\n\nINTRODUCTION  \nIn African child upbringing as enshrined in African education, references are usually made to relevant verses in African religions. There are verses that teach moral and decent ways of life. In Nigeria, adoption of foreign religions like Islam and Christianity is one of the consequences of European and Arab colonization. The northern pre independent Nigerians were introduced to Islamic religion while the southern ones embraced Christianity though few Nigerians are still with African traditional religions. Issues of population and population explosion have attracted the attention of some researchers and government policies makers in several countries of the world (see Ruzicka and Kane, 1986; Preston and Donaldson, 1986; Ogunbiyi, 2012; Odeyemi, 2017; [https://www.tributeonlineng.com](https://www.tributeonlineng.com), November 1, 2018). For example, Preston and Donaldson (1986) submit that:  \nSince 1950, population growth rates in developing countries have averaged around 2 per cent per year, enough to double the size of a country’s population in 35 years. The calculation is not merely hypothetical; the population of the developing world (Africa, LatinAmerica and Asia, except Japan) has in fact doubled between 1950, when it numbered 1.7 billion and 1984, when it reached  \n3.6 billion.  \nOgunbiyi (2012) also reports that Nigeria is one of the 15 hot spots countries in Sub-Sahara Africa that is currently experiencing high rates of population growth. Globally too, Nigeria is said to be in the seventh position (see [https://www.internet](https://www.internet)[world stats.com](world stats.com)). To further confirm that there is population explosion in Nigeria, the Nigerian population with th","cbCainqyNswTm6ob","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainqyNswTm6ob","pdf",289231,"English","# Article INFO\n## Abstract\n## Article history\n## Conflicts of interest and Funding\n## Key words\n# INTRODUCTION\n## Population growth and policy attention\n## Nigeria’s demographic projections","[{\"question\":\"What does the paper mean by linguistic verbal arts?\",\"answer\":\"It refers to the use of chants, statements, and verses from oral and written materials to express feelings using one language or another.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper connect religion to population explosion in Nigeria?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that in Nigeria, practices such as marrying many wives are sometimes excused through interpretations of religious doctrines, even though misinterpretations are often involved.\"},{\"question\":\"What implication does the paper draw for governments and society?\",\"answer\":\"It provides information on Nigerian population pressures, aiming to discourage creating additional problems through producing more children than communities can support.\"}]","Linguistic Verbal Arts and the Problem of Overpopulation Growth in Nigeria - Article | PDF",1792068414]