Nigeria Population Commission Registers Over 420,000 Births In Gombe
The Nigeria Population Commission (NPC) has announced that it registered 424,302 births in Gombe State from January to November this year.
According to Adedeji Adeniyi, the head of NPC’s Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Gombe State, 44.13% of the registered births were girls, while 55.86% were boys.
The registrations, which covered children aged 0 to 17 years, were conducted across more than 100 registration centers in the state.
Adeniyi said the NPC was committed to increasing birth registration and partnering with key stakeholders in the state to ensure accurate and timely data collection.
He said the NPC had collaborated with UNICEF to transition from manual to digital birth registration, which had made the process faster and easier.
He urged more residents to register their births, saying it was important for government planning and intervention, as well as for the children’s identity, nationality, and access to social amenities.
Adeniyi also expressed concern over the low registration of deaths in the state, saying it was vital for government to have reliable data on the causes and patterns of mortality.
He appealed to residents to register deaths as well, as it would help the government to formulate and implement policies that would improve the health and well-being of the people.
