Tag: Census
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Buhari unveils 2023 Census Project Document, lauds NPC for successful Trial Census
President Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled the 2023 National Population and Housing Census Project Document, aimed at promoting robust and informed national conversation on procedures for the census.
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2023 Population Census: NPC launches Call Centre
National Population Commission (NPC) has launched a call centre for the 2023 Population and Housing Census. The Chairman of the commission, Alhaji Nasir Kwara, said at the launch in Abuja on Tuesday that NPC had intensified preparatory activities for the successful conduct of the first digital census in Nigeria. He said “the launch of this…
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Conducting census for the living and the living dead – By Owei Lakemfa
Life in Nigeria is very cheap and living is very costly. But please don’t ask me for the statistics because they are hard to come by. Registration of birth, especially in the rural areas is not common, but more uncommon is that of death; the general attitude is ‘God gives and God takes’.
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BREAKING: Buhari approves N10 billion for census
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved release of N10 billion to the National Population Commission (NPC) for continuation of the Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) in the remaining 546 Local Government Area of the country. Buhari also approved an additional N4.5 billon to be included in the 2021 Budget for completion of the exercise as part of…
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Conduct national census before end of 2020,Reps tells FG
The House of Representatives has asked the federal government to immediately put in motion, preparation for the conduct of a comprehensive national census before the end of 2020, saying the exercise was long overdue. The House said it is unfortunate that Nigeria has relied solely on projections by foreign bodies on her population figures for…
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Census: Population clock cannot guarantee accurate population figure, says UNFPA
Mr Osaretin Adonri, Assistant Representative, UN Population Fund (UNFPA) says population clock is not a reliable indicator to guarantee accurate population figure of any nation. He told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday that “population clock is only an electronic projection that is functional based on programming.” He said that population clock…
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We’ll need over N220bn to conduct next census – NPC DG
The National Population Commission has said the next census will cost well over N220bn. The Director-General of the NPC, Dr. Ghaji Ismail, said this in Abuja on Tuesday at the commencement of fieldwork for the continuation of the Enumeration Area Demarcation. He said the 2015 budget for the proposed 2016 census which eventually did not…
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Nigeria is overdue for census — NPOPC
Mrs Abimbola Salu-Hundeyin, Federal Commissioner, National Population Commission (NPOPC) for Lagos State on Tuesday said that Nigeria was overdue for a census for effective management of the country’s populace. Speaking at an Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) exercise in Lagos, Salu-Hundeyin said that the country would continue to live in darkness developmentally wihout a census. “Because…
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Zambia conducts census on goats
The Zambian government has conducted a census on goats in the country. At the end of the census which was conducted in 2017, it was discovered that Zambia’s total goat population stands at 3, 476,790, reports Lusaka Times. The census was conducted in 2017 by the Central Statistical Office in collaboration with the Ministry of…
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Reps tell FG to fix date for census
The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to fix a date for national census scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2019. This followed a motion under “Matters of Urgent Public Importance” by Rep. Ossy Prestige (Abia-APGA), on the need to conduct census for proper planning and development in Nigeria. Moving the motion,…