The National Population Commission (NPC) says birth certificates
will not be issued to persons older than 18 years of age.
The NPC State Director of Oyo
State, Mr. Akin Oyetunde, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in
Ibadan that this is according to Act 1992, Birth and Death.
He said, “The NPC is
guided by an Act propagated in 1992, so, any child born before 1992 will not be
issued a birth certificate.
“Instead of birth
certificate, people born before 1992 and those above 18 years will be given
Attestation of Birth.
“However, those below 18
years will be issued birth certificate by the commission.”
The Oyo State director
added that all local governments in the state have birth and death registration
centres.
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He explained that “every local
government has its own birth and death registration centres. No local
government has less than three registration centres.
“The certificates issued
at the centres are the same everywhere and acceptable wherever it’s tendered.”
On the postponed National
Population and Housing Census earlier slated for 2023, Oyetunde said everything
was set for the exercise.
He said, “we are prepared
and only need the Federal Government to give the go-ahead. All materials for
the exercise have been
distributed to local governments.
“All those who are to take
part in the census have been trained; all is set to hit the ground running.”
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