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“Nigeria’s population census to be conducted in 2025” – NPC 

Aminu Imam
National Census

The Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Isa Kwarra, has announced that Nigeria’s long-overdue national census will finally be conducted in 2025. Kwarra made this disclosure yesterday in Abuja at the ‘2024 Anniversary of the Nairobi Summit on the International Conference on Population and Development, (ICPD)’. He emphasised that the delay in conducting the census has hindered Nigeria’s ability to effectively assess population needs and allocate resources, particularly in rural and underserved areas. Nigeria last conducted a population census in 2006, despite the United Nations’ recommendation for countries…

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“Don’t politicise census”, NPC appeals to political class

Aminu Imam

The National Population Commission, (NPC) has admonished politicians to desist from reading political undertone into the upcoming 2023 Population and Housing Census. The Commission issued the admonition in a statement by its Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Isiaka Yahaya. He explained that political class and all Nigerians should rather see census data for its fundamental purpose as a tool for development planning. In its Eid el-Fitr message to the Muslim Ummah, the NPC prayed for peace, unity and progress as a catalyst for socio-economic development in Nigeria. The Commission also called…

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“IPOB or no IPOB, we’ll conduct 2023 census in South-East” – NPC

Aminu Imam

The National Population Commission (NPC) has said that presence of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), would not prevent it from conducting the 2023 population and housing census in the troubled South-eastern region of Nigeria. Federal Commissioner of NPC in Enugu State, Ejike Eze, gave the assurance yesterday in Enugu, when he spoke with newsmen. Eze said the group had sufficiently understood the need to allow residents to participate in the exercise to make it successful as doing otherwise would not help its cause. He noted that the NPC…

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‘March Population, Housing Census exercise may be postponed’ – NPC

Aminu Imam

The National Population Commission (NPC) has stated that the conduct of the 2023 population and housing census, previously scheduled for March, is likely to be postponed. This disclosure was made by the Chairman of the Commission, Nasir Isa-Kwarra, during a meeting with the Resident Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Ms Ulla Mueller, yesterday, in Abuja. INEC announced, late Wednesday, that the Governorship and State Assembly elections earlier scheduled to hold on March 11 had been postponed by one week, to March 18. The NPC Chairman explained that…

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FG set to recruit 1 million Nigerians for 2023 Population Census

Aminu Imam

The National Population Commission (NPC) has disclosed that a total of one million Nigerians would be recruited by the Federal Government for the conduct of the 2023 National Census. This was disclosed by the Commissioner representing Ekiti State at the NPC, Deji Ajayi, in Ado-Ekiti, the State capital on Monday, during a media briefing heralding the trial census to be conducted in Ekiti preparatory to the next year’s main census exercise. The commissioner further disclosed that nine towns across nine local governments selected out of the 16 LGAs in the…

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2023 Census: NPC to recruit One million ad-hoc staff to conduct first digital headcount ― Chairman

Aminu Imam

The National Population Commission (NPC) will recruit one million ad-hoc staff to conduct the first digital and technology base headcount in April next year. This was disclosed by the National Chairman of the Commission, Nasiru Isa Kwara, while briefing newsmen in Dutse, Jigawa state capital shortly after the opening of the three-days training of 110 enumerators recruited for the conduct of trial census at nine local government areas in the state. The chairman, who was represented by the federal commissioner of the Commission in Kano, Dr. Isma’il Lawan Suleiman, said…

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Proposed census’ll produce incontestable data – NPC

Aminu Imam

The National Population Commission, (NPC), has assured Nigerians that the population and housing census, proposed for November this year, would generate data that no one would be able to contest its authenticity. The State’s Commissioner representing Cross-River State in the NPC Board, Navy Capt. Charles Ogwa (rtd), said this in Calabar, Friday, while addressing newsmen on the on-going enumeration area demarcation exercise in Bekwarra, Obudu, Ogoja, Ikom, and Etung local government areas of the State. He said, “The Commission will produce data that will not be contested. This is because…

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2022 Census: Group back Senator Adeyemi, others’ concern over cost

Aminu Imam

…Charges FG to fix insecurity, others first Following the N400 bn budget proposal by the National Population Commission, (NPC), over the proposed 2022 National Census, and the objection raised by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Sen. Smart Adeyemi, among other concerned Nigerians, the Human & Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA) Resource Centre, has joined forces with the Senator to raise eyebrows not only on the jumbo budget but on the rationale for conducting the census at this precarious time in the history of Nigeria. In a telephone interview, the Chairman…

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Birth; NOA tasks Parents on registration of new born

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Abdull-Azeez Ahmed Kadir, Zaria. Parents have been tasked on the birth registration of their children as it remains the first and most crucial means of identification of any individual. Focal Person for the National Orientation Agency, Yusuf Muhammed Balarabe and other stakeholders made the call at a community dialogue to sensitize parents on the parents on the importance of the registration held in Zaria. The dialogue with the theme; Conduct of community reorientation and grass root dialogue on an improved birth registration in in 60 local communities of 6…

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Broadcast Code: NPC should determine what amounts to hate speech – IBAN

Ishaku Yohanna

The Board of the Independent Broadcasting Association of Nigeria (IBAN) said the Five Million Naira fine imposed on hate speech is excessive, as it is a creation of the now disputed amendments to the 6th broadcasting code. IBAN stated at an emergency board meeting on Monday 17th August, 2020 held to deliberate on the issue of the recent Five Million Naira fine imposed on one of its members (Nigeria Info FM) by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for allegedly promoting hate speech. In a statement signed by its Chairman, Guy…

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