Reports have indicated that the National Population and Housing Census won’t hold in 2023.
According to The PUNCH, an NPC Commissioners who pleaded anonymity on Friday said the commission was not looking at holding the census in 2023.
Nigeria has been relying on an estimated population figure for the past few years, as the most recent census was conducted in 2006 by the National Population Commission, providing a population count of 140 million.
The source while speaking to newsmen stated that the NPC is still awaiting a date from President Bola Tinubu.
The source said, “We were on the verge of concluding the census process when it was suspended. It means that we were ready at that time to complete the census process. Even presently we are prepared to continue with the process.
“However, President Bola Tinubu has the best information about when things can be done. We made a presentation to him. He promised to study the presentation and revert to the commission afterward.
“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.”
