Abuja, July 6, 2023 -Nasir Kwarra, the Chairman of National Population Commission (NPC), says President Bola Tinubu will personally announce new dates for the 2023 census.
The national population and housing census was postponed last April due to the 2023 general elections.
Kwarra disclosed this to the State House Correspondents on Thursday after a meeting with the president at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said that the Commission submitted its report to the President to guide him to make informed decision on when the exercise would hold nationwide.
Kwarra said that the Commission also made requests for more financial provision to enable the commission conclude the census successfully.
“We briefed him fully on the level of our preparedness, the outcomes that we envisage and I’ll like to say that Mr President has graciously approved to support the Commission in the conduct of census and our preparatory activities, though we’re not stuck at all, but he has given us the courage and the impetus to upscale our preparation.
“So, we’ll continue our preparations and we’ll hear from him eventually, the date that the census will take place because we’ve made a submission to him that he will study before getting back to us. But as for the assurance of support, he has given that to us.
“We thanked him immensely for this and for also realizing the importance of data for the purpose of national planning and development,” he said. (GBN)
