The National Population Commission (NPC) of Nigeria was established by the federal government in 1988. It has the statutory powers to collect, analyze and disseminate population/demographic data in the country. It is also mandated to undertake demographic sample surveys, compile, collate and publish migration and civil registration statistics as well as monitor the country's Population Policy. 
The first case of AIDS in Nigeria was identified in 1985 and reported at an International AIDS Conference in 1986. A sentinel surveillance system conducted among pregnant women age 15-49 attending antenatal care (ANC) has been used to track HIV prevalence in the country since 1991. Information obtained from the ANC surveys shows that, nationally, HIV prevalence increased from 1.8 percent in 1991 to 4.6 percent in 2008. In 2008, state HIV prevalence rates ranged from 1.0 percent in Ekiti State to 10.6 percent in Benue State (FMoH, 2008b).
World AIDS Day: Getting to Zero –Eliminating the Mother-Child Transmission
Nigeria’s over 167 million population: Implications and Challenges
On Monday October 31, Gabriel was born at 12 am at Gwarinpa General Hospital Abuja which made Nigeria to stand at 167 million persons. And that same day the world celebrates 7 billion persons. Nigeria is now the sixth most populated nation in the world after China, India, USA Indonesia and Brazil which is according to UNFPA reports.
Report on Vital Registration in Nigeria 1994 - 2007
The first attempt at collecting data on births in Nigeria started in 1863 with the promulgation of the Ordinance No. 21 at the Lagos Colony though actual registration of these events started in 1892. The success spurred the government to expand the programme to villages bordering the colony including Warri in 1903 and Calabar in 1904. A more comprehensive legislation on the registration of vital events throughout the country was introduced in 1917. The Births, Deaths and Burial Ordinance of 1948 consolidated the provisions of the 1917 Ordinance even though application was restricted mainly to the townships.
National Policy of Population For Sustainable Development
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This reviewed policy is designed to improve the standard of living and quality of life of the people, promote maternal child and reproductive health, achieve a lower population growth rate through the reduction of birth rates by voluntary fertility regulation methods compatible with the national policy to achieve even distribution of population between urban and rural areas, prevent the causes and spread of HIV/AIDS pandemic and address the problems of internal migration and spatial distribution of population; as implied in the Dakar/Ngor Declarations (1992),the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (1992) and International Conference on Population and Development-Programmes of Action (ICPD-PA, 1994). |
