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In Nigeria, women cannot get abortion even if they want to, because it is not allowed in the law.
Fake pregnancy scam has been exposed in Anambra State in the African country Nigeria. According to BBC Africa, some fake doctors here used to target women through fake pregnancy and child trafficking. For this, women were first shown fake pregnancy reports and then they were handed over someone else's child. In return for this, a huge amount of money would be extorted in the name of treatment.
The fraudsters also used social media extensively for this scam. This scam was exposed by running an undercover operation for a year.
Social pressure on women to have children
Nigeria is included in the list of countries where the birth rate is very high. Here there is a lot of pressure on women to give birth to a child. If they fail to do so, they are treated as second class. Because of this, many women become victims of such scams in their desire to have a child.
She was given some medicines for labor pain, and a separate charge was made for it. Often, when women became unconscious or unconscious under the influence of medicines, they were given a cesarean-like incision. This would have convinced her that she had become a mother.
A woman named Chiano told BBC that she was pregnant for 15 months continuously, but later found out that she had been cheated. Actually, the fraud doctor had given him some injections, due to which his stomach had become bloated. Because of this she thought she was pregnant.
Baby farming business in many countries including Nigeria
According to the report of Deutsche Welle, the dirty business of baby farming for child trafficking has been going on in Nigeria for a long time. Here young African and foreign girls are forcibly made pregnant and give birth to children. Not only in Nigeria, but in many other countries including Indonesia, baby farming is done secretly in places like hospitals and orphanages.
– Here young girls are forced to become mothers. Most of them are orphans or poor, so they agree to this under compulsion. Situation out of control in Nigeria The clandestine business of childbearing in Nigeria has become extremely dangerous. The age of girls giving birth here is 14 to 17 years and they cannot get abortion even if they want, because it is not allowed in Nigerian law.
– Mafia i.e. 'baby farmers' take advantage of this and sell children for three to four lakh rupees. At the same time, people who wish to have a child do not oppose it, because this method is cheaper than medical treatment.
Oil and gas reserves, unrest due to mutual conflict Nigeria is the largest democratic country in Africa. The population of Nigeria is 23 crores. This country is among the countries with the fastest growing population. The United Nations estimates that by 2050, Nigeria's population will be 400 million. Then India will be the third most populous country in the world after China. Nigeria has huge reserves of oil and gas, but due to mutual conflict there is constant political turmoil.
According to BBC, Nigeria is divided into two parts. Poverty is high in the northern part where Muslims are in majority. Southern and Eastern Nigeria have a large Christian population. This area is more prosperous.
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