{
  "id": 571640,
  "title": "3.5m children in Southwest, Edo risk losing access to government social services over lack of birth certificates",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/3-5m-children-in-southwest-edo-risk-losing-access-to-government",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T14:01:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
    "slug": "businessday-nigeria",
    "url": "https://businessday.ng/news/article/3-5m-children-in-southwest-edo-risk-losing-access-to-government-social-services-over-lack-of-birth-certificates/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Celine Lafoucriere, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), chief of Lagos field office, has raised the alarm that 3.5 million read more 3.5m children in Southwest, Edo risk losing access to government social services over lack of birth certificates",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}