The report said that Borno accounted for the largest share of internally displaced persons at 50.62 per cent, accounting for 1,711,481 individuals.
The initiative aims to ensure that children are issued birth certificates as a legal means of identification.
The National Population Commission has said it registered over 36,000 births in Kano in nine months of deploying its electronic birth registration system.
Mr Yusuf identified weak data systems and poor institutional coordination as major challenges undermining effective population management.
Mr Salako said the decline reflects gradual gains in access to and use of family planning services nationwide.
UNICEF will partner Lagos to ensure that every child’s right is identified through universal birth registration.
He said the movement was a conglomerate of the elders of the party.
The national commissioner said that his efforts to enlist the support of the local government chairmen to drive the exercise yielded no result.
Mr Kwarra said that the study would be conducted in households where the deaths were recorded and consent received for revisit during the 2023-2024 Nigeria Demographic Health Survey.
Mr Kurfi appealed to parents and community leaders to support the exercise by submitting their eligible children for registration.
