Nigerian government has revealed that the 2023 National Population and Housing Census will commence on May 3.
Dr Garba Abari, a member of the Publicity and Advocacy Committee on 2023 National Population and Housing Census, made this revelation recently in Abuja during a press conference.
Abari, who is also the Director-General of National Orientation Agency (NOA), said the new change of date happened due to the reschedule of elections.
He added that every Nigerian would be captured during the census exercise for national planning and project execution purposes.
Abari said: “That change by INEC made it mandatory for us to also adjust the date for the conduct of the exercise.
“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 cause 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. And this also has telling effects on the date of commencement of the census.
“Just like the election, the Census is also a very long process like the training, the sub-trainings, retraining leading till the very day of the actual house listing and numbering will commence and then the actual capture of the population will now take place.
“So, these actually are the things we are looking forward to in the preparations for the national census”.
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