Vital Registration Department

1. The Vital Registration Division
2. The Vital Statistics Division
3. The Migration Division.

The Function of the Vital Registration Division:

• The registration of vital events viz. Births, Deaths, Stillbirths, Marriages and Divorces etc. on a continuous and time basis throughout the country.
• The design, production and issuance of births and deaths certificates and the review of same over time.
• The proper documentation of records of vital events through the maintenance of births, deaths and stillbirths registers and other documents viz. letters of attestation of births etc. for future reference.
• Design, monitoring and evaluation of the procedures for the registration of vital events on a continuous basis.
• Certification of all registered vital events.
• Periodic review of the registration instruments and the manual of registration.
• Research into the methodology, design and implementation of the vital registration project for possible improvement.
• Training of the field staff of the vital registration project on a continuous basis.
• Planning and the conduct of vital registration surveys at regular interval.

  The Function of the Vital Statistics Division:

• Quality control of the data generated from the vital registration project.
• The production of tables and the analysis of data generated from the vital registration project.
• Preparation of the materials for the quarterly publication of the vital registration statistics.
• Liaison with end users of vital statistics for improvements in the vital statistics data analysis.
• The continuous review of the coding system with a view to improve on the system.

The Functions of the Migration Division :

• The design, production and distribution of migration Arrival and Departure cards to all the international border posts of the country including to the airlines.
• The retrieval, collation and storage of Arrival and Departure cards from all the border posts viz. air, land and sea.
• The sorting and classification of migration cards according to the status of migrants (Arrival and Departure).
• The coding, checking, numbering and data entry of all the migration cards.
• Processing and analysis of migration data on quarterly basis.
• Publication of the migration statistics on quarterly basis.
• Liaison with end users of migration data for possible improvement in data collection and analysis methodology.
• Continuous research into the design, implementation of the international migration project and the processing of the generated data.
• Planning and the conduct of international migration surveys, at regular intervals.

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Units:

1. Legal Unit
2. Commissioners Secretariat
3. Internal audit Unit
4. Federal Unit

Departments

1. Planning and Research
2. Finance and Accounts
3. Cartography
4. Information technology
5. Vital Registration
6. Census
7. Administration
8. Public Affairs