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Civil Registration, Vital Statistics: NPC restates commitment to taking leadership
Civil Registration, Vital Statistics: NPC restates commitment to taking leadership
National Population Commission (NPC) has restated its commitment to taking leadership and ownership of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS).
Its Executive Chairman, Alhaji Nasir Kwarra, said this at the commemoration of the African Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Day in Abuja on Wednesday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the day is celebrated on Aug. 10 every year to raise public awareness of the importance of timely registration of vital events, particularly births and deaths, through well-functioning civil registration and vital statistics systems.
It is a special day for Africans to celebrate their heritage, particularly with regard to the recognition of legal identity from birth to death of all persons.
It is also to recognise the affirmation of key human and civil rights, including the right to recognition under the law, the right to participate in society and the economy, and the right to access social services.
The day has “Harnessing Coordination, Country Leadership and Ownership to Strengthen Integrated Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Vehicle for #countingEveryone” as its theme.
The NPC executive chairman, therefore, said “the commission is committed to taking leadership and ownership in strengthening the civil registration and vital statistics systems.
“The theme speaks to the imperative of a strong institutional and effective leadership and strategies to emphasise our coordination efforts.”
Kwarra, however, is assured of readiness to drive leadership in strengthening, not only integration with all other sectors but plans to have a transformed integrated and digitalised civil registration and vital statistics systems.
He said there would be improved data for effective policy formulation, decision making and good governance.
He added that “in doing so, a conscious effort should be made to ensure that Civil Registration and Vital Registration System enjoys broad-based support that leverages development in information technology.”
He said that the NPC, in line with its statutory mandate to establish a universal and compulsory system of registration of vital events, would continue to provide leadership for credible performance.
He noted that “from its humble beginning of manual registration, the commission has carefully navigated initial teething challenges and is at the thick of an effective transformation from manual to wholly automated CVRS system in Nigeria.”
He affirmed that the commemoration was a demonstration of the commission’s resolve to give civil registration the attention it deserved.
Dr Ismaila Suleiman, the Chairman of the Standing Committee for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS), said that the exercise was aimed at encouraging birth and death registration.
Suleiman expressed the imperatives of legalising identity for social and economic activities.
The Chief Child Protection Officer, UNICEF, Mr Ibrahim Sese, expressed satisfaction over the attention being given to Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Nigeria.
Sese, who was represented by Mrs Sharon Oladiji, commended NPC for supporting UNICEF in the area of coordination.
He assured them of the establishment of the CRVS National Coordination Committee aimed at strengthening the digitisation process through automated technology.
Wife of the Vice President of Nigeria in Ethiopia
By: Our Reporter
Wife of the Vice President of Nigeria Hajiya Nana Shettima arrived Addis Ababa With Her Husband, Senator Kashim Shettima to attend the 30th General Assembly of Organization of African First Ladies For Development (OAFLAD) while The Vice President will be attending the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of African Union Heads of States and Government on behalf of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Mrs Shettima is Representing First Lady of Nigeria Senator Oluremi Tinubu CON.
The African First Ladies are expected to Focus on internal issues and advance OAFLAD’s strategic priorities.
The 30th General Assembly’s open session under the theme “Building Resilience for Women and Girls: Climate, Conflict, and Sustainable Futures will be held on the 15th of February.
Mrs Shettima who left Abuja this afternoon for Addis Ababa the Capital of Ethiopia will participate in various meetings with African First Ladies spanning for Three Days
Wife of the Vice President of Nigeria in Ethiopia
Vice President Shettima Arrives Ethiopia Ahead Of AU Summit
By: Our Reporter
The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government, as well as the 30th General Assembly, scheduled to hold on February 14 and 15, 2026, respectively.
The Vice President was received at the Bole International Airport by the Ethiopian Minister of Innovation and Technology, Dr. Belete Mola, alongside the Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Berhanu tsegaye; Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yussuf Tuggar; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Amb. Dunoma Ahmed; Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of Nigeria, Ethiopia, Amb. Nasiru Aminu; Head of Consular and Ambassador-Designate, Amb. Geoffrey Chima and other government officials.
On arrival, the Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Tuggar, debriefed the Vice President on his itinerary at the Summit.
This year’s AU summit, with the theme, “Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063,” will focus on advancing continental commitments toward sustainable water management, improved sanitation systems, and the broader development aspirations encapsulated in the AU’s Agenda 2063 framework.
Besides the Heads of State meetings, Senator Shettima will participate in high-level side events, and bilateral engagements with political and business leaders aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s diplomatic, economic, and strategic partnerships across the continent.
Speaking with journalists after debriefing the Vice President, Amb. Tuggar said the launch of the Regional Partnership for Democracy (RPD) is a strategic move to consolidate and strengthen the democratic culture in Africa.
On the gains of the summit, the Minister noted that the country was already taking in the benefits of her participation, with the confirmati on of Nigeria as the host of the African Monetary Institute and the African Central Bank as well as its nomination to the board of the bank.
Vice President Shettima Arrives Ethiopia Ahead Of AU Summit
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VP Shettima Departs Abuja to Represent President Tinubu at the 2026 African Union Summit
VP Shettima Departs Abuja to Represent President Tinubu at the 2026 African Union Summit
By: Our Reporter
The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Kashim Shettima, has departed Abuja for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the 2026 African Union (AU) Summit.
The Summit, themed “Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063,” will focus on advancing continental commitments toward sustainable water management, improved sanitation systems, and the broader development aspirations encapsulated in the AU’s Agenda 2063 framework.
While in Addis Ababa, the Vice President will join other African leaders at the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of AU Heads of State and Government, as well as the 30th General Assembly, scheduled to hold on February 14 and 15, 2026, respectively.
On the margins of the Summit, Senator Shettima will participate in high-level side events and hold bilateral engagements with political and business leaders aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s diplomatic, economic, and strategic partnerships across the continent.
The Vice President is accompanied by cabinet ministers and other senior government officials. He is expected to return to Nigeria at the conclusion of his official engagements in Addis Ababa.
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