The National Population Commission in Ondo State has constituted a Census Publicity and Advocacy Committee in the state.
According to The PUNCH, the committee was inaugurated by the Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.SAN, on Wednesday at the Cocoa Conference Hall of the Governor’s Office Alagbaka, Akure, the state capital.
Akeredolu pleaded with the committee to see to it that inhabitants of the state are properly educated, informed, and made aware of the conduct and importance of the 2023 Population and Housing Census.
Members of the Committee include the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Owena Press Limited, publishers of the Hope titles, Sir Ademola Adetula; the Chairman, Ondo State Radiovision Corporation Media Group, Mr Kunle Adebayo represented by Taiwo Ibitoye; the General Manager, Nigerian Television Authority, Akure, Mrs Olubunmi Oke; the Nigeria Union of Journalists Chairman, Ondo State Council, Prince Leke Adegbite; Heads of Media organisations in the state; among several others.
Others include Chairman, League of Imams and Alfas, Ondo State; Sheikh Ahmad Aladesawe; Ondo State Christian Association of Nigeria Chairman, Rev. Fr. Anselm Ologunwa; Chairman, Ondo State Council of Obas and Deji of Akure Kingdom, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi; members of Ondo State House of Assembly; leaders of the National Association of Nigerian Students; the Iyalajes/Iyalojas in the state.
