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 …

The National Population Commission (NPC) has revealed plans to insure ad hoc workers, who will serve as enumerators for next month’s census amid the resurgence of insecurity in different parts of the country. The census is planned for 3rd to 5th May. Despite assurances from the commission, the resurgence of kidnapping, banditry, and killings in many parts of the country …

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has asked the Federal Government to postpone the national population census until all internally displaced persons return to their communities. Received a delegation from the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), led by its President, Dr  Bitrus Pogu, Ortom explained that his call for a postponement was hinged on a large number of people of the state …

The Nigerian Population Commission (NPC) has warned its ad-hoc staff against sexual harassment during the upcoming population and housing census, scheduled for 3rd to 5th May, this year. The warning is contained in the NPC’s  2023 census training curriculum. Chapter Six of the curriculum deals with  ‘, Prevention and Prohibition of Sexual Exploitation, Harassment, and Abuse.’ The  NPC noted that …

The National Population Commission (NPC) has revealed that a total of 885,000 people will be recruited for the 2023 Population and Housing Census scheduled for 3rd to 7th May. Giving an update on the exercise, the commission stated that the exercise would cost N869 billion. According to the report by the Director of Public Affairs, Dr Isiaka Yahaya, N626 billion …

The Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Alhaji Nasir Kwarra has appealed to Nigerians to make themselves available for counting during the forthcoming population and housing census. The census is billed to hold from 3rd to 7th May. Kwarra said that apart from being a national event, the exercise would help the government and other agencies with accurate data …

Ahead of the 2023 census, the National Population Commission (NPC) has said it is ready to deploy technology that would make the exercise smooth and accurate. For this reason, it said it would train its staff adequately on the usage of the Personal Device Assistant devices to avoid hitches during the exercise, adding that the devices were being configured for …

In preparation for the 2023 population and housing census scheduled to be conducted from 29 March to 2 April 2023, the National Population Commission has commenced the training of functionaries for the exercise across the country. In a statement by the Director of Public Affairs, Dr Isiaka Yahaya noted that the training, which commenced on Monday, started with the training …