Meanwhile, the number of children whose births are officially registered increased significantly from 30 per cent in 2013 to 43 per cent in 2018, as birth registration was integrated into health services.UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Peter Hawkins, noted yesterday that the 17 million unregistered children were unaccounted for and non-existent in the eyes of the government and the law. He said,
Hawkins observed that “Worldwide, 166 million children under-five, or 1 in 4, remain unregistered, according to the new report Birth Registration for Every Child by 2030: Are we on track? – which analyses data from 174 countries and shows that the proportion of children under-five registered globally is up around 20 percent from 10 years ago – increasing from 63 percent to 75 per cent.
According to her, “This situation has now changed and millions more children are registered at birth. In West and Central Africa, under-five registration increased in 10 years from 41 percent to 51 percent, despite the multiple challenges the region is facing”.
In Birth Registration for Every Child by 2030, UNICEF calls for five actions to protect all children:Provide every child with a certificate upon birth.Empower all parents, including single parents, regardless of gender, to register their children at birth and for free during the first year of life.
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