FG May Conduct Census In April 2023
After 17 years, the Federal Government is hoping to conduct a national census in April 2023 soon after the general elections that will hold in February and March of the same year.
Towards this, the National Population Commission (NPC) will carry out a pilot scheme this June after the conduct of primaries by political parties.
If it materialises, the census will be coming about 17 years after the last exercise, which was held in 2006.
The Director-General of NPC, Nasir Isa-Kwarra, disclosed the plan while briefing correspondents at the end of the Council of State meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday.
He said the commission will deploy cutting edge technology in the conduct of the 2023 exercise, stressing the imperative of census data for planning.
According to him, the data currently being used are mere projections and are obsolete.
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