Controversial Levy for Birth Certificates in Nigeria

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Controversial Levy for Birth Certificates in Nigeria
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Nigerians express their dissatisfaction with the controversial levy imposed by the National Population Commission (NPC) for obtaining birth certificates.

Nigeria ns at the National Population Commission (NPC) in Abuja to obtain birth certificates have lamented the controversial levy which the agency’s officials collect from them in cash as “administrative charges.” The NPC, Nigeria ’s statutory body tasked with the registration of births, and deaths, and the conduct of population census, an exercise it last held in 2006.

There were no complaints about the suspicious levy until the agency recently raised it from N1,000 to N2,000, adding to the officially recognised N2,000 fee which applicants must pay directly to the government’s bank accounts. No receipt is issued for the cash payment, our reporter learnt from recent applicants and during a visit to the NPC’s headquarters in Abuj

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