The 2023 national population and housing census will hold from March 29 to April 1, 2023.
Chairman of the National Population Commission, NPC, Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra, disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Friday shortly after an audience with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
“By March 29 to April 2, our staff members will be in the field enumerating people,” said Kwarra.
According to him, the technological tools to be deployed would be able to code buildings and landmass, detailing information such as location, landscapes, etc.
This, he said, would ensure a credible exercise.
He also noted that non-Nigerians would be counted so long as they are in the country at the time of the exercise.
In the 2023 Appropriation Act, the Federal Government earmarked N40bn for the National Population.
A total of N10m was allocated for the national population and housing census, while the national population data bank, Nigerian population database management system geo-portal hosting of population website and web portal got N50 million.
According to the document, the conduct of census in schools and the training of advocates staff members for data collection and interviewing techniques will gulp N60m
More so, the expansion of registration centres, registration of birth and death, and Adhoc registration took N350m.
The sum of N25m was allocated for census research, documentation, and archiving (i.e., research on historical events, special population e.g. herdsmen, fishermen, homeless persons, migrant farmers.)
Census publicity and advocacy (I.e. publicity, information, communication, DNA enlightenment for population programmes, through print electronic media.) will gulp N120m.
Other outstanding/miscellaneous activities for the 2023 population and housing census will take N30bn. (WithinNigeria)
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