The National Population Commission (NPC) has given assurances that the mentally-challenged and people that are homeless will be counted in the forthcoming housing and population census.
The Federal Commissioner representing Ondo State in NPC, Prince Diran Iyantan, gave the assurance in Akure during a recent one-day capacity-building workshop for the 2023 population and housing census publicity committee.
While assuring Nigerians that the 2023 census would have a minimum of 98 percent success, Iyantan explained that the purpose of the workshop was not to erode the professionalism of the publicity committee members, but to strengthen their capacity to deliver on their mandates.
Iyantan further stressed that the committee was one of the most important committees to push the exercise, owing to the psyche of the public, making many people to be unwilling to subscribe to government programmes.
He said: “Because of the importance of this exercise, our governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, thought it wise to assemble the committee with seasoned professionals to have a seamless exercise in the state.”
Speaking at the workshop, Oluyemi Falusi, the Ondo State Director of the NPC, said the digital innovations in the 2023 census were in line with the recommendations of the UN.
He said the 2023 exercise would be the first digital census that would be conducted by Nigeria and added that it would facilitate faster processes, reduce error, track progress, ensure efficiency and ensure prompt publication of results, among others.
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