The National Population Commission has registered and offered birth certificates to over ten million children nation wide.
The Chairman of the commission Alhaji Nasir Isa Kwara stated this while speaking to journalists after the First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu presented a birth certificate to the baby of the year in Asokoro general hospital, Abuja.
Represented by the Federal Commissioner from Katsina, Mr Bala Banya the Chairman explained that the commission would leave no stone unturned until every child born in Nigeria was registered and offered a birth certificate.
He said with the digitization of the registration system and collaboration with the Primary Health Care Agency, children wherever they are born would be registered.
The Chairman called on all parents and guardians to register there child as it is totally free.
The Director General of the Commission, Dr Telson Osifo Ojogun stressed that, the commission has concluded plans to establish over four thousand registration centers throughout the country to bring registration centers closer to the people.
The DG also noted that the commission was taken advantage of available technology to ensure every child registered, have an identity that cannot be duplicated anywhere.
He appreciated the first Lady who was represented by the wife of the vice president, Hajiya Nana Shetima for presenting the certificate to the baby of the year.
Dr Ojogun also urged Nigerians to register their deaths with the commission to enable it maintain a clean register.
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