12\6\18 70 percent of births not registered in Nigeria – NPC
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NEWS70 percent of births not registered in Nigeria – NPCPublished on December 6, 2018 By Agabus Pwanagba
The National Population Commission (NPC) has raised an alarm that about 70 per cent of births are not registered in the country.
NPC also said it was constrained by inadequate staff and paucity of funds as factors hindering birth registration.
This was disclosed by Musa Rashid, Bauchi State NPC Director, during a one-day Media Engagement and Sensitization for Promoting Awareness of Birth Registration Relevance in Communities, for journalists; organised by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF, in Bauchi.
senting a paper titled: ‘Understanding Relevance of Birth Registration and the Reasons for Intersectoral collaboration in BR and in Specific Terms, the Role of the Media in Continuous Awareness Creation’ a UNICEF facilitator, Victor Sule said, “Birth Registration is the only means to provide a child with a national identity, as an unregistered child does not exist legally.
“A birth certificate is evidence of a child’s existence and is essential to ensure child access to all other rights.”
He called on the media to help in the enlightenment of the citizenry about birth registration.
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