The National Population Commission (NPC) has refuted online claims that its chairman, Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra, announced 2025 as the date for Nigeria’s next population and housing census. In a statement signed by Erelu Taibat Yemi Oloruntoba, the acting director of public affairs, the commission clarified that no official date has been set for the…
The National Population Commission (NPC) has launched the 2024 verbal and data social autopsy (VASA) study which is a crucial survey designed to provide insights into the causes of under-five and maternal deaths in various communities. Briefing the media at the NPC State headquarters, Awka, the Federal Commissioner representing Anambra State, Mr. Chidi Ezeoke represented…
The National Population Commission, NPC, said it will operate the Electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (E-CRVS) system in 141 centres in Lagos State. The Federal Commissioner, NPC, Lagos State, Mrs Saidat Oladunjoye, made this known during the news conference on the Electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (E-CRVS) System on Tuesday. Oladunjoye said that…
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…
