The National Population Commission, has said that President Bola Tinubu has not fixed a date for the conduct of the upcoming Population and Housing Census in the country.
The Commission made this disclosure on Wednesday while reacting to the purported adevertisement for the recruitment of ad hoc staff.
It was gathered that a Facebook page named “2023 Census ADHOC Staff Update” alleged that President Tinubu had instructed the National Population Commission to conduct the National Population and Housing Census on Monday, November 20.
The page also has a recruitment link for people interested in working with the commission as census officials.
Reacting, the NPC, in a tweet on its X, formerly Twitter account on Wednesday, dismissed the report, labelling it fraudulent and noting that the report is not associated with the National Population Commission.
“The Commission wishes to inform the public that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has not fixed a date for the conduct of the upcoming Population and Housing Census in Nigeria,” NPC stated.
NPC also reassured Nigerians that when there is a date for the census, it will be announced in the national media and on the NPC social media platforms and website.
The commission then called on the public to disregard the fake information going viral on the Facebook page and to always get the correct information concerning the commission’s activities on the official NPC social media handles and website.
