Fawaz Adebisi
The National Population Commission, NPC, has said that the new date for the commencement of the 2023 national population and housing census, which was postponed in April, would be given by President Bola Tinubu.
The chairman of the NPC, Nasir Kwarra, revealed this on Thursday to State House Correspondents after his delegation gave the President a full brief at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.
According to Kwarra, the commission submitted it’s report to Tinubu to study, adding that it would facilitate coming to a decision of when the exercise would be held nationwide.
He also briefed that the Commission might request for more financial supports, stressing that the longer the duration of the exercise the more likely the financial implications.
He said “we briefed him (Tinubu) fully on the level of our preparedness, the outcomes that we envisage and I’ll like to say that Mr President has graciously approved to support the Commission in the conduct of census and our preparatory activities, though we’re not stuck at all, but he has given us the courage and the impetus to upscale our preparation.
“So we’ll continue our preparations and we’ll hear from him eventually, the date that the census will take place because we’ve made a submission to him that he will study before getting back to us.”
He however said he is rest assured as the president has promised to support the commission.
“But as for the assurance of support, he has given that to us and we thank him immensely for this for also realising the importance of data for the purpose of national planning and development,” he said.
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