President Bola Tinubu will announce new dates for the commencement of the national population and housing census, earlier postponed in April.
Chairman of the National Population Commission, NOC, Nasir Kwarra, stated this to newsmen on Thursday, after briefing the President at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The delegation of the NPC submitted its report to the President which he is expected to study and reach an informed decision on what date to fix the nationwide exercise.
According to the Kwarra, the Commission will request more financial provisions because the longer the exercise is delayed, the more its financial requirements expand.
In his words, “We briefed him (President Tinubu) 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, but 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, that is, 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.”
He emphasized that the President assured the commission of his support.
“We thank him immensely for this for also realising the importance of data for the purpose of national planning and development,” Kwarra explained.
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