Nigeria Registers 14.5 Million Children, Pushes for Universal Legal Identity

Nigeria has registered 14.5 million children as part of its efforts to provide legal identity for every child, with 6,000 wards now offering digital birth registration. The government is linking birth registration with health and identity systems.

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14.5m children registered as Nigeria pushes for legal identity for every child

… 6,000 wards now offer digital birth registration — NPC… FG links birth registration with health, identity systemsBy Chioma ObinnaAs Nigeria joined other African countries to mark the 2026 Africa Civil Registration and Vital Statistics, CRVS, over 14.5 million Nigerian children have been registered under the country’s intensified birth registration drive even as the Federal […] The post 14.5m children registered as Nigeria pushes for legal identity for every child appeared first on Vanguard ...

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