Date: 2017-09-15

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has called for full registration of all births, deaths, Internally Displaced Persons and prisoners in the country.

Saraki represented by his wife, Toyin, stated this in his good will message at the launch of a book: "The Challenges of Criminal Justice Administration in Nigeria," by the Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad – Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly – in Abuja.

He stated that it has become necessary for every Nigerian to be accounted for and to formally investigate every that occurs during childbirth and appropriate sanctions meted were issues of negligence are established.

"Today, my call to action is that we must ensure every death and every birth is accounted for in Nigeria," Saraki said. "We must ensure that every child that is born in our country is registered. And that every death is registered.

"We can and must as a matter of essential accountability investigate every death that occurs during childbirth formally and entrench a policy of culpability, and sanction, for every negligent preventable death.