Reps probe Population Commission over record of births, deaths On By Tordue Salem The House of Representatives Wednesday set up an enquiry on records of births and deaths in the country. The motion, adopted by the House, was sponsored by Rep. Mohammed Auwal Jatau. The sponsor of the motion noted that “the National Population Commission was established to control, manage and produce accurate database of information of citizens but records of births and deaths from various health institutions for efficient and effective use for national planning have not been achieved”. He also noted that “in 2017 the Commissions’ budget was N9,499,419,457 while in 2018 the sum of N10,336,046,852 was appropriated and in 2019 the sum of N9,151,387,430 was approved for the Commission to effectively deliver its mandate”.