President Bola Tinubu inaugurated a high-level committee on the forthcoming national population and housing census on Wednesday. The committee will submit an interim report within three weeks. The President said that the census is crucial for national development, accurate planning, and effective decision-making in healthcare, education, security, and economic planning. Nigeria’s last census was in 2006. It recorded a population …

Nigeria took a step closer on Monday to conducting a new national population and housing census with biometric and digital components. The nation last held a census in November 2006. During a meeting at the State House with officials of the National Population Commission (NPC), President Bola Tinubu said he would set up a committee to align the census budget …

In anticipation of the inaugural digital Population and Housing Census, the chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Hon Nasir Isa Kwarra, has lauded the progress made in the construction of the NPC Disaster Recovery Centre Annex in Kaduna State. Kwarra, who led a delegation to the project site, stressed the imperative of adhering to job specifications by the contractor. …