“If we value lives, then we must address the issue of building safety and collapse prevention,” he said.
He said that the birth certificate would help UNICEF to know the number of children to serve.
Mr Kwarra disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, saying it was in line with the federal government’s drive to address Nigeria’s socio-economic challenges.
The National Population Commission says it has concluded the 2023/2024 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) in 22 of 25 LGAs in Oyo.
“We should learn to be sacrificial in all that we do,” he said.
The survey is conducted every five years, the last being held in 2018. The exercise is to update data and gather information about Nigerians.
Seventeen National Population Commission commissioners took oath of office and allegiance before President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja.
“The NPC is guided by an act propagated in 1992.’’
The president has a responsibility to ensure that his government does not have the selective anticorruption baggage that plagued the Buhari administration.
Betta Edu said the National Population Commission was a viable partner in the implementation of its mandate.
