COMPULSORY CIVIL REGISTRATION BILL

A Bill mandates civil registration to be compulsory, digital, and implemented nationwide. It requires the mandatory recording of all vital events, including births, deaths, and marriages, for every citizen. This ensures accurate population data, strengthens national identity systems, and improves national planning efforts.

What Is This Policy?

A bill to make civil registration of births, deaths, marriages, and other life events compulsory and digital across Nigeria, establishing a unified national civil registration system linked to the NPC and NIMC databases.

Who Does It Target?

The bill targets citizens, government agencies (NPC & NIMC), institutions, and policymakers

What Does It Aim to Achieve?

The bill’s aim is to make civil registration compulsory, digital, and nationwide so that Nigeria has accurate population data, stronger identity systems, and better national planning. It ensures that every Nigerian is counted and documented from birth to death

Key Features

Repeal of Outdated Law Replaces the Births, Deaths, etc. (Compulsory Registration) Act, 2004 with a modern framework. it ensures Nigeria’s civil registration system is aligned with current realities

Compulsory Registration of Vital Events Makes it mandatory to register births, deaths, marriages, and other civil events nationwide, Eliminates gaps in population data.

Strengthening National Planning Provides accurate demographic data for healthcare, education, social services, and security planning. Ends decades of unreliable population data.

Current Status

Under consideration by the National Assembly. The Compulsory Civil Registration Bill is pending legislative review and has not yet been passed.

Legal Framework

The bill operates under the existing Births, Deaths, etc. (Compulsory Registration) Act, 2004, which it aims to repeal and replace. It aligns with constitutional provisions for national legislation on civil registration and data management.