Federal Government Postpones Census Indefinitely

 

 

The 2023 public tale listed for May 3- 7 has been laid over indefinitely by the civil government.


Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the incoming administration will determine if the tale will hold.

Mohammed further revealed that the holdback was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari after a meeting with some members of the Federal Executive Council and the Chairman of the National Population Commission.

“ President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the holdback of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier listed for 3- 7 May 2023, to a date to be determined by the incoming Administration.

“ The President gave the blessing after meeting with some members of the Federal Executive Council and the Chairman of the National Population Commission and his platoon at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday( 28 April 2023).

“ In arriving at the decision to defer the Census, the meeting reiterated the critical need for the conduct of a Population and Housing Census, 17 times after the last Census, to collect over- to- date data that will drive the experimental pretensions of the country and ameliorate the living standard of the Nigerian people.

“ The President noted that with the completion of the Enumeration Area discrimination of the country, conduct of first and alternate probes, the reclamation and training of adhoc workers, procurement of Personal Digital sidekicks( PDAs) and ICT architectures, perceptible progress has been made in the perpetration of the 2023 Population and Housing Census.

“ He also confided the methodology being put in place by the Commission to conduct accurate and dependable Census, especially the massive deployment of technology that's able of delivering world class Census and laying a sustainable base for unborn counts

“ The President further directed the Commission to continue with medications for the conduct of the 2023 Population and Housing Census in order to sustain the earnings formerly recorded and give the base for the incoming administration to consolidate these achievements.

“ The meeting was attended by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami; the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed; the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; the Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Mr Clem Agba and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha. ”