2023 Census To Commence May 3
Category: Nigeria News
The 2023 National Population and Housing Census is to commence on May 3, the
Federal Government has confirmed.
Dr Garba Abari, a member of the
Publicity and Advocacy Committee on the 2023 National Population and Housing
Census, confirmed this on Sunday in Abuja when he appeared on the News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN) Forum.
He said that the three-day exercise would
commence on May 3 and end on May 5 across the country.
Abari, who
is the Director-General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), explained that the
census exercise would capture every person, household and structure for
national planning and project execution purposes.
According to
him, 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).
“That change by INEC made it
mandatory for us to also adjust the date for the conduct of the exercise,” he
said.
He described the census and the 2023 elections as major
national events with significant importance which had earlier been planned to
hold not too far away from each other.
“The census had to be put
forward from the initial date of March 29 to April 2nd, now to May 3rd to 5th.
“There are two things that informed the shift in date. First, in
the course of our planning by the National Population Commission, it was so
factored that INEC will also tinker with its own electoral timetable.
“The
gubernatorial election, as you are aware, had to be shifted by one week. This
had a telling effect on the date of commencement of the census.
“Just like election, the Census is also a very long process, from
the training, the sub-trainings, retraining leading up till the very day of
the actual house listing and numbering.
“These will then be
followed by the actual capture of the population.”
On the level of
preparedness, the NOA boss assured the nation that the National Population
Commission was ready to embark on the exercise. (NAN)
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