UPDATE: President Tinubu Yet To Approve 2023 Census

There are signs that the National Population and Housing Census, which was originally slated for this year, might not go ahead as expected.

Remember that the 2006 National Population Commission (NPC) reported a population estimate of 140 million.

According to Anaedoonline.ng, the 2022 census was originally scheduled to be conducted by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, but it was later rescheduled until 2023.

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However, an NPC commissioner revealed to The PUNCH on Friday that the body was not considering holding the census in 2023.

But the source went on to say that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was still needed to provide a date.

According to the NPC Commissioner, they made a presentation to Tinubu, and he promised to get back to the Commission.

The source said, “We were on the verge of concluding the census process when it was suspended. It means that we were ready at that time to complete the census process. Even presently, we are prepared to continue with the process.

“However, President Bola Tinubu has the best information about when things can be done. We made a presentation to him. He promised to study the presentation and revert to the commission afterward.

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“Most of the preparatory activities we must do have been done. We have started the training, and once we have a nod, we shall continue with our training process.

“On our part, we are not looking at conducting a census this year. We are already in November.

“Even the training process requires more than two months to complete. We expect that there will be adequate budgetary provisions to conclude the process. But as soon as the president gives the nod, we will know how many months that we require to complete the process.”

 

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