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Govt says State has least birth registration figure in North-East

Federal Commissioner, National Population Commission said the figure is the least in the North-East sub-region.

Gov. Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State.

Bashir said this during the inauguration of Massive Birth Registration in Bauchi, Bauchi State.

“As you may be aware, your Excellency, the need to conduct this campaign arose because it was observed that the state had low level of birth registration.

“The figure is the least in the North-East sub-region, standing at about 25 per cent of expected number.

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“We had intervened in Adamawa and Kebbi and since then, the level of registration has boosted to about 70 per cent and we will do same in Bauchi State,’’ Bashir said.

He also said accurate data generated from the intervention could be used for planning, such as provision of health, education and other social amenities.

Gov. Mohammed Abubakar who inaugurated the exercise commended EU and UNICEF for their intervention.

Abubakar said that the state government must key up to the campaign on massive birth registration to enable it catch up with other states.

He, therefore, directed the state Ministry of Health and other state agencies to key into the exercise, to enable the state realised its objectives.

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The Governor called on traditional and religious leaders to support the exercise to enable it succeed.

Abdulai Kaikai, Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Nigeria, Bauchi Field Office, had earlier said that the exercise would last for 10 days.

Kaikai said that UNICEF had in 2014 trained 1,292 health workers in the state on birth registration.

He said that NPC in the state needed a lot of effort to register thousands of children that missed the exercise at their health facilities, especially at the rural areas.

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