President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to announce fresh dates for the 2023 National Population and Housing Census which was postponed during the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Kwarra following the briefing with President Tinubu on the development at the presidential villa in Abuja.
New Telegraph gathered that the meeting comes nine weeks after the census was postponed under the leadership of the ex-president, Muhammadu Buhari.
The NPC Chairman while speaking on Thursday revealed that the commission has presented its report to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is now expected to review it and set a new date for the nationwide census exercise.
Kwarra hinted that the commission may need to request additional funding.
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Kwarra said, “We briefed him fully on the level of our preparedness, the outcomes that we envisage and I’ll like to say that Mr President has graciously approved to support the Commission in the conduct of census and our preparatory activities, though we’re not stuck at all, he has given us the courage and the impetus to upscale our preparation.
“So, we’ll continue our preparations and we’ll hear from him eventually, the date that the census will take place because we’ve made a submission to him that he will study before getting back to us.
“But as for the assurance of support, he has given that to us and we thank him immensely for this for also realizing the importance of data for the purpose of national planning and development,” he added.