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 …

A total of 1,174,392 birth registrations have been recorded across the country between January and May 2023. The figure is contained in an app called RapidSMS designed by the National Population Commission (NPC). According to the app, the birth registration of children under one was 362,798; for children under five were 562,345; and for children above five were 249,249. A …

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 …

The National Population Commission (NPC) is collaborating with stakeholders in the health sector in the digitisation of birth registration in Nigeria, according to its Director of Vital Registration, Mathew Sunday. Last Friday at a stakeholders’ meeting on birth registration, organised by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the NPC in Kano, the international body’s Chief of Kano Field …

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 …

Gunmen have kidnapped the Federal Commissioner of the National Population Commission for Bayelsa State, Gloria Izonfuo. Izonfuo was reported to have been kidnapped at Ogbakiri junction on the East-West road, Rivers State. Spokesperson of the Rivers State Police Command, Deputy Superintendent Grace Iringe-Koko said that Izonfuo was kidnapped on Sunday evening alongside her maid and driver. She was said to …

The National Population Commission (NPC) has reassured the public of the safety of its server and data as they prepare for the 2023 Population and Housing Census. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that a staff of commission’s Comptroller of Chanchaga Local Government Area (LGA) in Niger State, Mr Sanusi Maigida said that the NPC server was hacked. Maigida had …

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 …