Why newspaper publications, affidavits may no longer legalise name changes in Nigeria
The court noted that the judgment effectively replaced the long-standing practice of relying on affidavits and newspaper publications with a more formal legal process, adding that the procedure would also affect official records and national archives, particularly records maintained by the National Population Commission (NPC) under the National Civil Registry.
The official decried that the former analogue process of deposing an affidavit and newspaper publication for change of name was filled with lots of loopholes, manipulations, and adulteration, which rendered it ineffective.
According to him, the whole idea is to transform the analog process into a digitised online method where a deed poll prepared by a licensed lawyer will be submitted to the NPC Gazette and a certificate for a change of name issued at the end of the process.
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