With less than two months before the end of 2023, there are strong indication that the National Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for this year, may not hold after all
It would be recalled that the National Population Commission (NPC) had initially scheduled a census to be conducted in 2022 after the 2006 population figure of 140 million, by former President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
However it was rescheduled for April 2023 and later postponed till further notice with the hope that President Bola Tinubu’s adminisration would conduct the census.
An official of NPC on Friday said the commission is waiting for Mr president to fix a new date for the exercise.
The official added that when they presented to Tinubu, he pledged to get in touch with the Commission.
“Most of the preparatory activities we must do have been done. We have started the training, and once we have a nod, we shall continue with our training process.
“On our part, we are not looking at conducting a census this year. We are already in November.
“Even the training process requires more than two months to complete. We expect that there will be adequate budgetary provisions to conclude the process. But as soon as the president gives the nod, we will know how many months that we require to complete the process.”
