Tag: Census
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U.S. donates N32bn to conduct HIV/AIDS census in Nigeria
The United States Government has donated $90m (N32bn) to Nigeria for the HIV/AIDS survey that will take place across the country starting from June. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said this during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal Ministry of Health, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS…
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2018 Census: No going back on preparations, NPC tells Dogara
The Chairman of the National Population Commission, NPC, Eze Duruiheoma, has said despite calls in some quarters for a postponement of the proposed 2018 census, the Commission will go ahead with scheduled plans. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Duruiheoma was reacting to calls by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara to postpone the census…
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Census may hold early 2018 – NPC
Dr Ghaji Bello, Director General of the National Population Commission says the National Population Census will hold in 2018 if necessary logistics are provided. Bello, in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York on Sunday, said that the exercise should have been conducted in 2016 in line with international practice. “If…
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2018 census will be biometric based – FG
The Federal Government has announced that to eliminate to the barest minimum the possibility of human errors, the 2018 Census will be bio-metric based. This was revealed on Monday by the Sokoto State Federal Commissioner of the National Population Commission, NPC, Barrister Muhammadu Aminu Jason while addressing newsmen. In his words: “As a prelude the…