Census Begins May 3 — FG
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Census Begins May 3 — FG
By Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman
The Federal Government has confirmed that the 2023 National Population and Housing Census will commence on May 3.
Dr Garba Abari, a member of the Publicity and Advocacy Committee on the census, confirmed this on Sunday during an appearance on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja.
He explained that the exercise, which will run for three days until May 5, will capture every person, household, and structure for national planning and project execution purposes.
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Abari, who is the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency, NOA, revealed that the change in the date was due to the postponement of the 2023 gubernatorial and state houses of assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
He said that the census and the 2023 elections are major national events with significant importance, which had earlier been planned to hold not too far away from each other.
However, the gubernatorial election had to be shifted by one week, affecting the date of the census.
Abari emphasized that the census is a very long process, from the training, the sub-trainings, retraining, leading up to the very day of the actual house listing and numbering.
He assured the nation that the National Population Commission, NPC, was ready to embark on the exercise and that the census is significant for aiding national planning and execution of developmental projects, providing vital information for development, planning, security, infrastructure development, educational, health, and other demographic considerations.
