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2023 Census To Commence On May 3 – FG

Federal Government has approved May 3 for the commencement of the 2023…

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Federal Government has approved May 3 for the commencement of the 2023 National Population and Housing Census.

VerseNews Nigeria reports that this was confirmed on Sunday in a statement a member of the Publicity and Advocacy Committee on 2023 National Population and Housing Census, Dr. Garba Abari.

Abari in the statement said the counting exercise across the country will be completed in three days, staring from May 3 to May 5.

He noted that the postponement of the 2023 governorship and states of assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) affected the earlier scheduled date for the census.

According to him, the change in the date was due to the postponement of the 2023 gubernatorial and state house of assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

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“That change by INEC made it mandatory for us to also adjust the date for the conduct of the exercise,” he said.

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 a telling effects on the date of commencement of the census.

He explained that the census process is a long one that requires lots of prepaionas and training adding that the numbering will include every member in a house.

“Just like 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 this actually are the things we are looking forward to in the preparations for the national census,’’ he said.

Speaking on the important of the census, Abari said; “The census is absolutely important because it is for development, planning, security, infrastructure development, educational, health and other demographic considerations all encapsulating in one.”

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