Persons Above 18 Will No Longer Get Birth Certificates – NPC

Persons older than 18 years of age will no longer be issued birth certificates.

This was confirmed by the National Population Commission (NPC) State Director in Oyo State, Mr Akin Oyetunde, who spoke with newsmen on Tuesday.

Oyetunde explained that the policy is guided by the Births and Deaths Act (1992).

He said, “The NPC is guided by an Act propagated in 1992, so any child born before 1992 will not be issued a birth certificate.

“Instead of a birth certificate, people born before 1992 and those over 18 years old will be given an Attestation of Birth.

“However, those below 18 years old will be issued birth certificates by the commission.”

The state director added that all local governments in the state have birth and death registration centres.

He explained that “every local government has its own birth and death registration centres. No local government has less than three registration centres.

“The certificates issued at the centres are the same everywhere and acceptable wherever they’re tendered.”

Speaking on the postponement of the National Population and Housing Census which was earlier slated for 2023, Oyetunde said everything was set for the exercise.

He said, “We are prepared and only need the federal government to give the go-ahead. All materials for the exercise have been distributed to local governments.

“All those who are to take part in the census have been trained; all is set to hit the ground running.”