birth registration
18 May
The Federal Government has approved the development of an Electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System (eCRVS), a platform that will effectively keep electronic records of birth and death registrations.
12 May
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and National Population Commission (NPC) have rolled out birth registration of one million children in Kano in 2023 using the digital system.
7 May
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and National Population Commission (NPC) have mapped out birth registration of 1,080,984 under- five children across the 20 local councils of Bauchi State.
22 Sep 2022
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the Federal Government of Nigeria are to collaborate on digitalising birth registration in the country.
12 Apr 2022
The House of Representatives has urged government at all levels, as well as traditional and religious leaders, to join in sensitising the population on the importance of birth and death registrations.
24 Nov 2020
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in collaboration with the National Population Commission (NPC) urged the media to educate the public about the importance of birth registration.
11 Sep 2019
When Sharon Ojebuovboh’s younger brother gained admission into secondary school in October 2018, at the age of 11 years, he was asked to bring his birth certificate as part of the documents required before he could be admitted into the higher school.
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