Civil Registration Department

As a department, we are committed to offering quality, efficient and timely service to our customers whenever they seek registration of births and deaths services. This can only be achieved when the public clearly understands our services and the particular requirements. It is our earnest hope that you will find this website useful, and that the required information pertaining to our services duly provided.

Services Provided by the Civil Registration Department

• Applying for a Birth Certificate
• Applying for a Death Certificate
• Application Forms
• Fees Charged
• Stations and Contact Office Address

What you need to Know about Registration on Births

Right From the start

• The very first right of a child as soon as he/she is born is a right to a name, to an identity and to nationality. The only way to claim these rights is to have the birth of your child registered and issued with a certificate of birth…..RIGHT from the start..!
• Your child has a right to be registered right from the start so as to enjoy their right to official identification and recognition.

Your Unregistered Child is a Vulnerable Child.

• He/She is unprotected from child theft and trafficking
• Vulnerable to arraignment in a court of law
• Vulnerable to child marriage

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