In keeping with one of its mandates to enforce the Civil Registry Law, the National Statistics Office, Kalibo, Aklan is currently celebrating this year’s Civil Registration Month with the theme: “Ikaw at Ako Tungo sa Wastong Pagrerehistro.”
The annual observance of this activity is anchored on Presidential Proclamation No.682 “Declaring the Month of February of every year as Civil Registration Month.”
According to Mr. Blas M. Solidum, Provincial Statistics Officer, the celebration aims to promote the importance of civil registration to the public as well as to develop awareness on the value of civil registry documents in legal, administrative, and statistical fields.
“By registering all facts concerning birth, marriage and death information including subsequent modifications in the civil registry books, we can generate vital statistical data that will serve as basis for formulation of health programs, population projection and policy-making activities of the government for social and economic growth,” PSO Solidum said.
The celebration kicked off with the hanging of streamer at the façade of NSO-Aklan provincial office, which was simultaneously done in different municipalities of Aklan. Likewise, the NSO will conduct series of fora to different schools in the province to inform students and teachers on the current laws and regulations on civil registration with the aim to address several problems on their civil registry documents, especially birth certificate.
Before the end of this month-long celebration, a civil registration quiz, mobile free registration and mass wedding program will be conducted in cooperation with different local civil registry offices in Aklan.
PSO Solidum urges the public to support this activity and instill the importance of civil registration for an effective civil registry system in Aklan and country in general. /MP
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