President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has launched a high-level committee tasked with overseeing Nigeria’s long-awaited national population and housing census, marking nearly two decades since the country’s last headcount. In a statement released on Wednesday by his Special Adviser on Information…
The House of Representatives on Monday expressed concerns regarding the readiness of the National Population Commission (NPC) to conduct a population and housing census nationwide. The lawmakers, during a review of the 2024 budget performance, raised concerns about discrepancies in…
The Chairman of the National Population Commission, NPC, Nasir Isa Kwarra, has said that Nigeria’s long-overdue national census will be conducted in 2025. Kwarra made this announcement during the 2024 Anniversary of the Nairobi Summit on the International Conference on…
The National Population Commission (NPC), is prepared to conduct the National Population and Housing Census but awaiting President Bola Tinubu’s approval for a date, the Chairman, Mr Isa Kwarra, says. Kwarra said this on Monday in Abuja at a media…
Since 1921 when the then Governor-General of Nigeria, Sir Hugh Clifford conducted the first census during the colonial era, with the country’s population put at 18.8 million, the nation has been battling with the problem of conducting an accurate and…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered that a census be conducted as part of the policy overhauling the sector. The approved policies are captured as DOTS, an acronym representing: Data Repository, Out-of-School Children Education, Teacher Training & Development, and Skill…
A former President of Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), Dr Samuel Nzekwe, has advised the incoming government to expedite action on the conduct of population census in order to boost the country’s economic growth. Nzekwe gave the advice…
Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president, has approved the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for 3-7 May 2023, to a date to be determined by the incoming administration. The President gave the approval after meeting with some…
One of the members of the Obi, Datti Presidential Campaign Council, F.S Yusuf, has insisted that those who obstructed Nigerians residing in their State from voting during the just concluded general elections should not expect them to be counted in…
The National Population Commission (NPC) has trained 30 journalists to ensure effective coverage of the 2023 population and housing census in Bauchi State. The Federal Commissioner, NPC, Mr Ibrahim Darazo said this at a one-day training exercise for media practitoners…
