The Nigeria Population Commission (NPC) has recorded a total of 424,302 births in Gombe State from January to November. Adedeji Adeniyi, the head of NPC’s Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Gombe State, disclosed that 44.13% (187,283) of the registered births were girls, while 55.86% (237,019) were boys.

The registrations, conducted across more than 100 registration centers, encompassed children aged 0 to 17 years. Of the total figure, 76,900 were children below the age of one year, with 43,140 boys and 33,760 girls. Furthermore, 285,010 children were aged between one and four years, comprising 125,230 girls and 159,780 boys. Lastly, 62,392 children fell within the four to 17 years age bracket, with 28,293 girls and 34,099 boys.

Adeniyi emphasized the NPC’s commitment to increasing birth registration and fostering partnerships with key stakeholders in the state. The transition from manual to digital birth registration, facilitated by a collaboration with UNICEF, has significantly streamlined the process. This modern approach aims to encourage more residents to register their births, recognizing the importance of data for governmental planning and intervention.

Underlining the significance of birth registration, Adeniyi stressed that it grants children identity, nationality, and access to essential social amenities. He also expressed concern over the inadequate registration of deaths in the state, urging residents to register such events as it provides crucial insights for government planning and decision-making. Notably, registering deaths offers insights into prevalent causes of mortality, thus facilitating informed policy planning and implementation.

https://mediatalkafrica.com/139666/nigeria-population-commission-registers-over-420000-births-in-gombe-enhancing-digital-methods-for-vital-statistics/

Ok. With the condition of the country 😞

Make dem dey born dey go..

For election purposes. The northerners are pilling up the numbers needed for electioneering.

Birth control NOW

Lolz

Adding to our ever increasing population.

Kingosytex:
For election purposes. The northerners are pilling up the numbers needed for electioneering.

Perhaps, but the reasons are more mundane

1.Farming...more hands on the farms...more births

2.Poverty...more children, means that in your old age, each of your 15 kids can send you 'something' even if it is N5000 , and it might be enough to tide one over.

As for elections, Obasanjo and Yaradua won elections without the need for the far north vote.

Also, Gombe state is split evenly between Muslims and Christians.

This is insane, no difference again between human and petty animals

Disastrous future

Hmm...

With the poverty ratings, and high cost of living? What is wrong with us as a people?

Niger delta oil to the rescue

Our growth in population is quite outrageous. Birth control abeg

Dem just dey anyhow

How will poverty end at this rate?

Wow

No be juju be that

As a Nation, we must urgently adopt a firm birth control policy. Our population growth
is no longer sustainable. Our economy can
no longer carter for our outrageous birthrate.

Whether $ to naira becomes #200 today,we
are still going to be a poor country. we cannot
have a double digit GDP growth for straight 10
years no matter who is the president of this country. There is should be national policy of a maximum of 2 children per family.

Oil money
No problem

And you wonder when you hear 100 people killed in Plateau and another 200 in Benue, the government just issue a half-hearted condemnation and pledge to bring perpetrators to book and after a day or two the country moves on. It is because of this kind of news, they know the country is getting overpopulated and could care less if any event reduces the population, they show more concerned if people die in Europe than in Nigeria.

It is well....

Small china with no brain

The ones registered, Men in Gombe State are doing their job very well.

We too much for this country


We need to do the China way.

Whoa! It's super progress.