1 Registration of Death in Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics Abuja, Nigeria

2 Outline of Presentation  Death Registration System in Nigeria  Major Bottlenecks to Registration of Death  Strategies to Address bottleneck

Death Registration System in Nigeria  Registration of vital events is provided by Act No 69 of It provide at the apex of registration, the office of the Registrar General.  He issue general directives regarding registration of births and deaths  Co-ordinate and unify the activities of all registration officials At State level there are 37 Chief Registrar responsible for overseeing registration activities in each State At the Local government level, 774 Deputy chief registrar responsible for implementation of the Act within the Local Government 2773 Registrar in all the registration centre in all the Local government with the responsibility of registering all death

Major Bottlenecks to Registration of Death  General Apathy towards reporting death event  Cost of death certificate  Inadequate registration centre given the huge land mass of Nigeria (992 sq km)  Customs and traditions especially in reporting still-birth  Inadequate specialist to ascertain cause of death

Strategies to Address bottleneck  Advocacy through the media and other medium to enlighten the general people on the importance of death registration  Collaboration with State and Local government in providing awareness to the grass-root, logistics and personnel in the registration centre in their locality  Continuous capacity building for specialised medical personnel to ascertain cause of death  Improve funding for the registration agency  Employment of professionals to the registration agency

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