The First Lady made the appeal during the commemoration of the 2017 International Youth Day held at Manica ground in Balaka.

Dr. Mutharika highlighted the danger Malawi will be in if appropriate measures won’t be taken to control the country’s population growth.

“In 1966 the country had a population of 4 million people but by today we are over 17 million people, which show how we have failed to manage our population.” She said if the youth does not take part in managing the country’s population by 2030 Malawi is expected to have a population of 26 million which is very alarming considering the land and natural resources are static. Continue reading Gertrude Mutharika urges youths to take part in managing population growth →