The Federal Government has proposed N1.1 billion in the 2025 budget for the long-delayed national population and housing census, marking an increase from the N693.3 million set aside in 2024, according to The PUNCH. Additional census-related allocations of N527 million were included in the 2025 budget, which is currently before the National Assembly for vetting and ratification. Some of the …

The National Population Commission (NPC) has assured that the 2023 National Population and Housing Census will be the best ever conducted in the history of the country. NPC’s Federal Commissioner in Gombe State, Mr Abubakar Danburam stated this in Gombe on Tuesday during the inauguration of a 16-member Advocacy and Logistics Committee for the 2023 Population and Housing Census in …

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has begun a nationwide sensitisation and advocacy to educate Nigerians about the forthcoming National Population and Housing Census. On the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja on Sunday, the agency’s Director-General of the agency, Dr Garba Abari said that the sensitisation is to enlighten the public about the importance of census toward national planning …

The Commissioner of the National Population Commission (NPC) for Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulrasak Folorunsho Gidado has assured that the 2023 population and housing census would be recorded as the most successful headcount in the history of the country. At a media briefing on Wednesday, Gidado said the commission has earlier launched the e-recruitment portal for the conduct of the 2022 …

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria could rank third largest in the world by 2050, after China and India. He told a stakeholders’ summit on the 2023 Population and Housing Census on Thursday at the State House, Abuja: “With a projected population of 216,783,381, Nigeria is the sixth most populous country in the world and the most populous country …

Apart from Nigeria’s general elections already scheduled for next year, another major national activity will hold in the same year, as the National Council of State (NCS) has fixed a national population census for April 2023 The National Council of State, which has the constitutional role of  advising the Federal Executive Council on policy matters, rose from its meeting in …

A nationwide head count will hold this year, even as the National Population Commission (NPC) is not sure exactly when it will be in the remaining nine months. NPC Chairman, Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra said on Monday in Abuja said the preparations were in top gear. The commission declared its commitment to positively re-write the history of the exercise through …