Only 40% of births registered in Nigeria — NPC
Speaking at the event, Chairman of the NPC, Dr Aminu Yusuf, said the low registration coverage, particularly of births and deaths, remained a major challenge to Nigeria’s efforts to build a comprehensive and reliable national population database.
Also speaking, UNICEF Nigeria’s Chief of Child Protection, Natalie McCauley, described birth registration as a fundamental child right and the state’s first legal recognition of a child.
By Folarin Kehinde ABUJA — The National Population Commission, NPC, has raised the alarm that only about 40 per cent of births in Nigeria are currently registered, despite more than five million children being born in the country annually.
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