More than 25,000 babies will be born in Nigeria on New Year’s Day

More than 25,000 babies will be born in Nigeria on New Year’s Day - UNICEF

The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has said that more than 25,000 babies will be born in Nigeria on Tuesday, January 1, 2019.

The international organisation said today, the 25,000 Nigerian babies will make up the 6.5% of the estimated 395,072 babies born on New Year’s Day globally.

In a statement released by Eva Hinds, UNICEF communication specialist said Nigerian babies will account for 40% of all those born in West and Central Africa and more than 23% of those born in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Hinds said estimates for the number of babies born were draw based on the period indicators and the life tables of the UN’s World Population Prospects (2017) with data gathered by World Data Lab’s (WDL) in collaboration with UNICEF.

The report shows the number of births for each day by country and their corresponding life expectancy.

According to the report, globally, over half of the world’s births are estimated to take place in just eight countries, including Nigeria.

Top on the list of babies to be born globally is India with 69,944, followed by China with 44,940 and then third on the list is Nigeria with an estimated 25,685 babies.

Others are: Pakistan, 15,112; Indonesia, 13,256; United States of America, 11086; the Democratic Republic of Congo, 10,053 and Bangladesh, 8,428.

Also, with the recent life expectancy rates, a child born in Nigeria today is likely to live only to the year 2074 - 55 years of age while another child born today in Denmark is likely to live until the 22nd century.

The report also showed that only children born in three countries -Central African Republic, Chad and Sierra Leone - today have a lower life expectancy than that of Nigerian children.

Globally in 2017, about 1 million babies died the day they were born, and 2.5 million in just their first month of life.

In Nigeria, each year, about 262,000 babies die at birth, the world’s second highest national total, while every day in Nigeria, 257 babies die within their first month of life.

Among these children, most died from preventable causes such as premature birth, complications during delivery, and infections like sepsis and pneumonia, a violation of their basic right to survival.

Reacting to the report, Pernille Ironside, UNICEF Nigeria’s acting representative said so much needs to be done to ensure the children born in Nigeria survive their first day of life and are able to live healthy for many months and years to come.

According to her, only one out of three babies is delivered in a health centre in Nigeria.

Ironside said: “This is just one of the issues that need to be addressed in order to improve the chances of survival of those babies born today and every day.”

“This New Year Day, let’s all make a resolution to fulfill every right of every child, starting with the right to survive. We can save millions of babies if we invest in training and equipping local health workers so that every newborn is born into a safe pair of hands," she added.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a report by UNICEF had said that the total annual births in Nigeria have been put at seven million children.

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This was disclosed at the maiden commemoration of the Africa Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Day held in Abuja.

Mohammed Fall, the UNICEF Representative in Nigeria said the country has to improve civil registration and vital statistics such as births and deaths to adequately address the nation’s population challenges.

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