NPC Chairman to Brief President Tinubu on 2023 Census Preparation

The Chairman, National Population Commission, Nasir Isa-Kwarra, will be meeting with President Bola Tinubu this week.

The meeting, AnambraPeople gathered, may not be unconnected with the updates for conducting the 2023 Population and Housing Census, which was earlier scheduled for May 3-7 but was postponed indefinitely.

Former President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the postponement to a later date to be decided by the then-incoming administration of Tinubu.

The former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had in an April 29 statement, quoted the Federal Executive Council as reiterating that 17 years since the last census was conducted, there was a need for up-to-date data to be collected to drive the developmental goal and standard of living of the Nigerian pTinubu

Speaking with newsmen on Tuesday, the NPC Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Isiaka Yahaya, said, “The chairman will be meeting with the President this week but I cannot give you the exact date. We are working on the presentation to brief President Tinubu on the state of the preparation of the census.”

On whether activities are still ongoing ahead of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, Yahaya said, “We are still continuing with our activities, such as sensitisation and online training, among other activities.”

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