NPC may conduct census in 2022
Chima Azubuike, Gombe
National Population Commission (NPC), says census may take effect in 2022, once it completes; demarcation, administering questionnaire, adding that the exercise is subject to the president’s approval.
Speaking on Tuesday, after a press conference, on the commencement of fieldwork for the 1st pre-test for the next population and housing census, Federal Commissioner Gombe State Abubakar Danburam, who delivered an address of chairman of NPC Nasir Kwarra, revealed that the Commission had so far completed demarcation in over 600 LGA’s out of 774 Local Government Areas.
Recall that census was last conducted in Nigeria since 2006, with Kano and Lagos coming tops numerically.
According to the NPC boss, the commission would suggest to President Muhammadu Buhari, once entire processes are completed leading to the conduct of the exercise.
He said, “We can not say because it is within the purview of the President, we can’t precisely say this is the date. However, we are embarking on pre-census activities, the census activities are so many that if we are able to complete them; the Enumeration Areas Demarcation is one, we have another pre-test one or two and the demarcation is continuous.
“If we are able to achieve all the pre-tests correctly Mr President may be convinced to proclaim otherwise, we can not say this is the date. The commission’s plans are subject to Mr president’s approval.
“The Commission is really on the way, we still have time the demarcation has not been completed. We have 774 local governments in the country we have done over 600, we have about 100 or so left expectedly we are targeting the next three months.
“The pre-test is expected to take place at least three times before the census this will check our efficacy and our level of preparedness as well as level of questionnaire design. So many things will follow before we will be able to do census, all these are not in place we will not be able to do census between now and the next one year.”
He added, “These are the efforts we are making in view of the fact that census is absolutely necessary. We can not say this is what Mr President will say but we are at the level of trying to complete pre census preparation by the grace of God we will be ready maybe in the next one year. We will suggest a date to Mr President truly some of these things should not be pronounced but we are trying to target maybe 2022.
“We are not very sure but if Mr President agrees and before that time we are able to finish all the preparatory aspect. We have elections coming up 2023, initially we looked at 2021 but we looked at so many things we don’t have particular date but when we finish we will propose a date to Mr President. It is our hope that there would be census.”
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