The National Population Commission (NPC) has commenced the full digital registration of births and deaths across Niger State and the rest of the country under its new Electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (E-CRVS) system, known as the VitalReg platform.
The nationwide digital registration exercise, which officially began on July 1, 2026, is designed to provide faster, more efficient and accessible civil registration services for Nigerians.
In a statement issued in Minna, the Chairman of the National Population Commission, Aminu Yusuf, described the rollout of the VitalReg platform as one of the most significant reforms in the history of civil registration in Nigeria.
The NPC Director in Niger State, Yusuf Sabo, said the new platform offers 24-hour online access to birth and death registration services, including the issuance of digital certificates where applicable.
He added that the system is designed to securely integrate with other government digital identity platforms.
According to him, the VitalReg platform eliminates cumbersome paperwork and long waiting times through automated data validation, improving the accuracy of records while creating a more secure national Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) database to support governance and national planning.
Sabo further disclosed that the Commission has signed a partnership compact on the decentralisation and localisation of birth registration and legal identity with the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), UNICEF and Barnksforte Technologies Limited.
He said the collaboration is aimed at expanding access to civil registration services at the grassroots, increasing public participation, and improving the accuracy and inclusiveness of national identity data.
Credit: channelstv.com
