The United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF) says, only 54.6% of under-five children’s births are registered in Kano, compared to the 57.3% at the national level.
The Chief Of The Unicef Field Office in Kano, Rahma Rihood Mohammed Farah, said this at a media dialogue on birth registration in Kano.
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Farah added that the Multi-cluster Survey (MICS) 2021, indicates that under-five birth registration is as low as 23.6 per cent in Jigawa State and 67 per cent in Katsina.
(Editor: Ebuwa Omo-Osagie)
