Nigeria reaches 57% in special birth registration drive targeting 12M children

The National Population Commission of Nigeria (NPC) says its teams have attained 57 percent coverage of a digital birth registration drive which it started in May, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

The Director of Vital Registration at the NPC, Sunday Matthew, told The Punch recently that 57 percent of the 12.7 million under-five children targeted for registration this year have already been issued birth certificates in 23 states.

Progress on this initiative will seek to increase …

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