The Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Alhaji Nasir Kwarra has said that the Federal Government budgeted the sum of N532.7 billion for the 2023 National Housing and Population Census scheduled for April 2023.
Kwarra explained that the budget is to ensure that the Federal Government can complete the conduct of the census as well as the post-enumeration survey and all other post-census activities.
“The NPC is ready to re-write the history of the census in Nigeria by making 2023 not only accurate, credible and reliable but acceptable to all Nigerians,” he said.
He also added that the 2023 national census would mark a great departure from the past, as it would be keying into the issue of climate change.