The Director General of National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Isa-Kwarra has said that the Commission plans to hold national census in April 2023.
Speaking to newsmen at the Presidential Villa, Abuja today, April 14, Isa-Kwarra said that the national census would be conducted after the general elections, adding that the commission would also conduct a pilot census in June this year after political parties have finished primary elections.
He said that the commission would deploy high technology in the conduct of the 2023 national census.
“It is very crucial because I have highlighted that the Census is a very important exercise for the nation. Because through census we generate the data that we use for policy making, for planning, for development, by the three tiers of government, and the private sector, they all need this.
“If you are a private sector, you’re producing something, certainly, you need to know the population of an area if you want to create a market there.
“So, census data is very crucial, very important. Because, the data we’ve been using are just projections, estimation and are sort of obsolete, we need the actual census data to use for our planning.”
