The National Population Commission (NPC) has said that it has put everything in place to conduct the 2023 population and housing census. During an interactive session on Wednesday with media executive in Yola, the state capital, on the status of preparations for the census, the Federal Commissioner in Adamawa State, Mr. Clifford Zirra stated that the commission was only waiting …

The Federal Commissioner representing Edo State in the National Population Commission, Dr. Tony Aiyejina said on Wednesday that the shift in the 2023 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),was the major reason why the NPC had to postpone the 2023 population census. Aiyejina, who disclosed this at an interactive media chat organised by the commission in Benin …

The National Population Commission (NPC) has said that N200 billion has been spent so far in preparations for the 2023 census. At a meeting with journalists in Abuja on Friday, the commission’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Isiaka Yahaya said the money was expended since 2014 when preparations for the 2023 census actually began. He explained further that a series …

The National Population Commission (NPC) has said that the proposed 2023 Population and Housing Census was postponed to avert national crisis in the country. The  Federal Commissioner in Plateau State, Mrs. Cecilia Dapoet made this disclosure on Friday during a meeting with stakeholders in Jos, the state capital. This, according to her, was against widespread insinuations that the census was …

The chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Alhaji Nasir Isa-Kwarra, on Thursday, hinted at how N224 billion released by the Federal Government for the 2023 housing and population census was spent. The initial money budgeted for the exercise was N800 billion but was cut short after the postponement. At a breakfast meeting with media executives in Abuja, Isa-Kwara said …

We have a measurement problem eloquently illustrated in a Yoruba tale about a Mecca has-been. The fellow in this tale had just returned from a pilgrimage to Mecca, apparently the first to do so in his community. Upon his return, folks were understandably curious and wanted to know about the Holy Land. Thinking of what would best illustrate the majestic …

Labor Party Presidential candidate in the last election, Mr Peter Obi has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for postponing the national census. President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday approved an indefinite postponement of the 2023 National Population and Housing Census earlier scheduled for between 3rd and 7th May. Obi said the postponement was a welcome development. “FGN’s decision to postpone the 2023 …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for 3rd to 7th May 2023. A new date will be fixed by the incoming administration, which takes office on 29th May. The President gave the approval after meeting with some members of the Federal Executive Council and the Chairman of the National Population …

As the Muslim faithful mark Eid-al-Fitr, the National Population Commission (NPC) has urged Muslim leaders in the country to take advantage of the occasion to sensitize and mobilize the masses to get involved and support the conduct of the 2023 Population and Housing Census. In a statement by its Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Isiaka Yahaya, the Commission made the …

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) will not be a threat to the 2023 national population and housing census scheduled to hold from 3rd to 5th May. Federal Commissioner of the National Population Commission (NPC) in Enugu State, Ejike Eze, who gave the assurance on Sunday in Enugu, said the group had sufficiently understood the need to allow residents …