Abimbola Salu-Hundeyin, Federal Commissioner, National Population Commission for Lagos State on Tuesday, said that Nigeria was overdue for a census for effective management of the country’s populace.
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The Senate on Thursday stood down the appointment of Dr Abdulmalik Durunnguwa from Kaduna State as Commissioner for National Population Commission.
The National Population Commission on Thursday in Akure said no fewer than 85 million children under the age of five were not registered at birth in Africa.
The National Population Commission has said that there are no official records for 32 million Nigerian children as citizens of the country because their births were not registered with the Commission.
The National Population Commission of Nigeria has estimated that no fewer than 19 million persons are living with disabilities in Nigeria.
The National Population Commission says registration for birth and death certificates are offered free by the commission.
The National Population Commission says it is collaborating with traditional institutions and Local Government Councils in Katsina State to sensitise the public to the importance of birth and death registration.
Borno is leading other states of the federation in the number of birth registrations conducted nationwide in the last five years, the National Population Commission says.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the INEC staff and other participants were drawn from Gombe, Taraba, Adamawa, Borno, Bauchi State and Yobe.
The Director General of National Population Commission, Dr Ghaji Bello, has urged Federal Road Safety Commission to provide public conveniences and resting places on highways.
This followed a motion under “Matters of Urgent Public Importance” by Rep. Ossy Prestige (Abia-APGA) on the need to conduct census for proper planning and development in Nigeria
The commission disclosed that it registered no fewer than 64, 651 births between January 2017 and June 2018.
The Chairman of the panel, Okoi Obono-Obla, disclosed this while briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on activities of the panel.
The nominees are: Nwanne Nwabushi, Abia; Dr Clifford Zirra, Adamawa; Chidib Ezeake, Anambra; Isah Buratai, Borno; Navy Capt. Charles Ogwa (rtd), Cross River.
Eze Duruiheoma, Chairman of the Commission, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday that the NPC would complete the process and hand over the accurate data to INEC within two months.
Duruiheoma disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in an interview in Abuja on Thursday.
Alabi made the disclosure on Friday in Jos during a school-based campaign to end violence against children which was organised by the UNICEF in collaboration with the Plateau Government.
The NPC Chairman, Eze Duruiheoma, made the disclosure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja.
This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Mustapha Shehuri, who addressed State House correspondents at the end of Council’s meeting alongside the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika
Jimoh, a Programme Director, Development Communications Network, an NGO, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos.