Census

Census: We Will Not Ask Questions On Ethnicity, Religion –NPC

July 17, 2022 1:58 am

The National Population Commission (NPC) has clarified that the 2023 Population and Housing Census would not ask questions on religion and ethnicity.

The commission said the decision was reached after extensive consultation with stakeholders, taking into consideration the sensitive nature of these two issues in Nigeria.

In a statement, the director of public affairs of the commission, Isiaka Yahaya, noted that religion and ethnicity are, arguably, important indices in the demographics of any country.

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He, however, stated that due to the volatile nature of these items in our national discourse, …

1M Nigerians Will Be Recruited For 2023 Census – NPC

July 5, 2022 5:34 am

The National Population Commission (NPC) has revealed that the federal government of Nigeria has concluded plans to employ no fewer than one million Nigerians for the conduct of the 2023 National Census.

The commissioner representing Ekiti at the NPC, Mr Deji Ajayi, made this revelation while speaking in Ado Ekiti, on Monday at a press conference heralding the trial census to be conducted in Ekiti in preparatory to the next year’s main census exercise.

He assured Nigerians that reliable technological innovation had been advanced by the NPC for the conduct of the exercise to prevent politicians and interested elites from …