By Dorica Mtenje

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) is lobbing for more funds of family planning to control the countries population.

Head of AFIDEP, Nyovani Madise said this on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 during one day training at parliament.

Madise said the country population needs to be controlled to meet the budget and goals of 2023 with the inclusion of Members of Parliaments (MPs) with knowledge on how to control the population.

In her remarks Second Deputy,Speaker Aisha Adams said the training came in a time that members will be able to scrutinized the just passed budget with the knowledge that they have gain.

Chairperson for Budget and finance Committee,Gladys Ganda said the training will help members to come up with the budget inline with the upcoming population.

Ganda said population growth is so alarming and need to be controlled by the decision makers.