- Enugu state government has denied reports that it stopped the issuance of birth certificate to children in churches and hospitals
- The state government said the alleged stoppage is untrue and should be disregarded
- According to the state's commissioner for health, Enugu state has reverence for the religious and medical institutions
The Enugu state government says it did not direct hospitals and churches to stop the issuance of birth certificates.
The commissioner for health, Fintan Ekochin, made the clarification in a statement in Enugu on Thursday, September 20.
According to him, the alleged stoppage is untrue and should be disregarded.
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“There is no official statement from his ministry or the state government to that effect,” he said.
He stressed that the state government had never directed any hospital or church in the state to stop issuance of birth certificates for whatsoever reason.
Ekochin reiterated the reverence the state government had for the religious and medical institutions.
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The commissioner, therefore, reassured the institutions of the state government’s willingness to continue to collaborate with them toward the effective delivery of democracy dividends to the people of the state.
meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that 35 million Nigerian children under the age of five are yet to get their births registration.
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UNICEF said appropriate birth registration helps protect children from violence, exploitation, abuse and neglect as stipulated under Article 19 of the UN convention.
However, these many Nigerian children contribute to the 85 million of other under five unregistered children across Africa.
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Source: Naija.ng