The Nigeria Population Commission (NPC) has announced that it has recorded a total of 424,302 births in Gombe State from January to November.
The Gombe State head of NPC’s Civil Registration and Vital Statistics, Adedeji Adeniyi in a statement said about 44.13% (187,283) of the registered births were girls, while 55.86% (237,019) were boys.
The registrations which was conducted across more than 100 registration centers, covered children aged 0 to 17 years.
76,900 of the total figure were said to be children below the age of one year, with 43,140 boys and 33,760 girls.
285,010 aged between one and four years, had 125,230 girls and 159,780 boys.
62,392 children were within the four to 17 years age bracket, with 28,293 girls and 34,099 boys.
Adeniyi intimated the commitment of NPC to increasing birth registration, while fostering partnerships with key stakeholders in the state.
He noted that the transition from manual to digital birth registration, in collaboration with UNICEF, has significantly helped to streamline the process.
This modern approach according to Adeniyi was mooted to encourage more residents to register their births, recognizing the importance of data for governmental planning and intervention.
