Making birth registration compulsory

http://www.punchng.com/editorial/making-birth-registration-compulsory/

This is towards the end of 2014 and birth and death registration ought to be a current topic. But in Nigeria with rudderless leadership and complacent fellowship, it is a vital piece of the societal development not in place. As the punch editorial makes clear this is not a matter to be left to the imagination but to dealt with urgency. These matters are vital for the economy and political progress. Local authorities should be co-opted to take the lead in these matters. At first instance age declarations should not accepted where there is real and reasonable reason why one's  birth was not registered. Death benefits should also rest on provision of same documents. Forged documents should have increased prison punishments. Finally, education, education and education of the people on the benefit of a sustained system of state registration of death, birth.