PRESIDENT BUHARI DECLARES OPEN NAT STAKEHOLDERS SUMMIT ON 2023 CENSUS. President Muhammadu Buhari addressing the guest as he declares open the National Stakeholders Consultative Forum on the 2023 Population and House Census at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. PHOTO;L SUNDAY AGHAEZE. AUGUST 11TH 2022
Nigeria’s 2023 population and housing census earlier scheduled for end of this month has been shifted to May, 2023.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed made this known to newsmen on Wednesday at the end of the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Minister explained that the decision to move the date was necessitated by the rescheduling of the gubernatorial election to March 18.
He also disclosed that the Council approved the sum of N2.8 billion for the National Population Commission (NPC) to procure some software to be used for the conduct of the census.
According to him: “There was a memo presented by the National Population Commission, seeking for some software to allow them conduct the census in May this year. I believe because of the reschedulement of the elections, they cannot commence the census as scheduled.
“They sought Council’s approval for a contract to procure software for the census at the sum of N2.8 billion”.
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