A total of 1,174,392 birth registrations have been recorded across the country between January and May 2023. The figure is contained in an app called RapidSMS designed by the National Population Commission (NPC). According to the app, the birth registration of children under one was 362,798; for children under five were 562,345; and for children above five were 249,249. A …

The National Population Commission (NPC) is collaborating with stakeholders in the health sector in the digitisation of birth registration in Nigeria, according to its Director of Vital Registration, Mathew Sunday. Last Friday at a stakeholders’ meeting on birth registration, organised by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the NPC in Kano, the international body’s Chief of Kano Field …