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Indications emerged on Thursday that the long delayed national population census may hold next year.<\/div>\n
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The National Council of State which met in Abuja today okayed the census to hold in April 2023 after the general election.<\/p>\n

The meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n

Director-General of the National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Isa-Kwarra, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after the Council of State meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.\ufffc<\/p>\n

Isa-Kwarra also said the NPC would be conducting a pilot census from June 2022 after political parties must have concluded their pre-general election activities.<\/p>\n

The NPC boss, who recalled that the last census exercise held in 2006, disclosed that the commission will deploy high technology for the exercise.<\/p><\/div>\n

\nHe said through census, data is generated for planning, noting that the data currently being used are mere projections and obsolete.<\/p>\n

Isa-Kwarra said: \u201cIt is very crucial because I have highlighted that the census is a very important exercise for the nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are a private sector, you\u2019re producing something, certainly, you need to know the population of an area if you want to create a market there.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo census data is very crucial, very important. Because, the data we\u2019ve been using are just projections, estimation. And are sort of obsolete, we need the actual census data to use for our planning.\u201c<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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