{"id":72362,"date":"2025-08-06T20:51:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T20:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72362"},"modified":"2025-08-06T20:51:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T20:51:04","slug":"npc-falsifying-our-documents-is-a-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/06\/npc-falsifying-our-documents-is-a-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"NPC: Falsifying Our Documents Is a Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Population Commission (NPC), has warned the public against falsifying its official documents, stressing that such actions are criminal and punishable by law.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Asaba during the 2025 World Population Day, the Federal Commissioner representing Delta State, Mrs. Blessyn Brume-Ataguba, emphasized that only the NPC is authorized to issue birth certificates, death certificates, and certificates of notification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn other places, they charge so much money. Only NPC offices and the headquarters in Asaba issue valid certificates,\u201d she said, urging the public to steer clear of unauthorized individuals and offices.<\/p>\n<p>Themed \u201cEmpowering Young People to Create the Family They Want in a Fair and Hopeful World,\u201d this year\u2019s World Population Day underscored the need to support young people in making informed reproductive choices for national and state development.<\/p>\n<p>Also speaking, NPC Delta State Director, Mrs. Jane Ngozi Odigwe, emphasized the importance of accurate data for effective planning and policymaking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo nation can make meaningful progress without reliable data. The world depends on accurate statistics,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata The National Population Commission (NPC), has warned the public against falsifying its official documents, stressing that such actions are criminal and punishable by law. Speaking in Asaba during the 2025 World Population Day, the Federal Commissioner representing Delta State, Mrs. Blessyn Brume-Ataguba, emphasized that only the NPC is authorized to issue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":72363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72364,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72362\/revisions\/72364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}