Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to delivering a credible, transparent, and internationally acceptable national census, anchored on effective public communication and inter-agency collaboration. The Minister stated this in Abuja while receiving the Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Dr Aminu Yusuf, who led a management…
TODAY’S VIEWPOINT LOOKS AT URGENCY FOR A CREDIBLE DIGITAL CENSUS IN NIGERIA Tom palmer, an author, once described government as a mechanism for distributing largesse, with census a veritable ticket to it. This underscores why nations worldwide see headcount as very essential. Census provides data that help governments plan for development across board, identifying needs…
The House of Representatives is to investigate the money expended on the postponed 2023 population and housing census by the National Population Commission (NPC). The house made this resolution on today following a motion from Honourable Dominic Okafor drawing attention of the lawmakers to the 200 billion naira spent so far on the census. The…