CAIRO: If Egypt’s population growth continues unchecked, there will be no change in living conditions, said President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Monday.
He added that citizens’ awareness of population growth must be raised.
During a televised telephone call on the Sada Al-Balad channel, he said that the state “has taken serious steps regarding the development of education.”
Our goal with reform “is to change the current situation for the better,” he said, adding that “as long as there is population growth in such a large way, we will not see development.”
In February, El-Sisi said that having more than two children per family “is a very big problem,” and spreading awareness of the rapid growth’s danger is necessary.
He added: “We do not seek to solve this problem by issuing severe laws. We are working on a program to confront the increase in population … and provide the services required for this issue.”
