Lokoja – The National Population Commission says that a comprehensive database for births and deaths registration in the country from 2004-2019 will be ready by the end of the year.
The Chairman of the commission’s Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS), Dr Tayo Olatunji, disclosed this on Tuesday in Lokoja.
Olatunji, who spoke at the opening of a two-day workshop for 2014 and 2015 scanned vital registration forms, said that the registrations, which were done in analogue form, were being scanned and transferred electronically to a database.
Olatunji, a former Director-General of the NPC, said that vital registrations for 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 had already been scanned and transferred electronically into the database.
He said that the scanning and transmission of vital statistics outstanding from 2009 to 2013 would commence as soon as money was released by the Federal Government.
According to him, the exercise is streneous and challenging, but it has…
