Birth registration is a permanent and official record of a child’s existence, and provides legal recognition of that child’s identity.
, has said registering a child at birth could help in addressing population crisis in Nigeria.
Ms Adamu said the first right of every child is the identification of the child at birth which she noted can be done through birth registration. Ms Adamu said Nigeria is evolving from paper-based registration to digital birth registration which she described as a step forward “towards ensuring more children are registered at birth.”Birth registration in Nigeria
According to the 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey , only 57 per cent of children born in Nigeria are registered at birth with civil authorities.The survey shows that Lagos State has the highest number of birth registration with 94 per cent, closely followed by the FCT with 87 per cent. States with the lowest registration are Jigawa with 23.6 per cent and Sokoto with 22.5 per cent.
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