“After the commission completed the pre-census exercise and informed number one citizen, President Muhammadu Buhari, we were told to put it on hold, said this is a transition period, we should allow the incoming administration to be the one to carry it out to ensure acceptability and ownership”.
By Isiaka Yahaya The attention of the National Population Commission has been drawn to misleading and false information made by an uninformed staff of the Commission and Comptroller of Chanchaga LGA in Niger State, Mr. Sanusi Maigida on the hacking of the NPC server citing this development as the reason for the postponement of the…
The planned headcount for the national population and housing census, which is scheduled to begin in ten days, is still facing uncertainties and there are indications that it may be postponed due to challenges with funding and logistics. Erevision MediaTV gathered that the National Population Commission might again postpone the census as it struggled to…
NPC Chairman Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra It is great to hear that the National Population Commission is taking steps to ensure that the 2023 Census is conducted accurately and efficiently. The recent visit of the Digital Chairman, Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra, to the Functionaries List Finalization Team in Abuja shows the Commission’s commitment to ensuring…
By Robinson Erebi The Hon. Federal Commissioner representing Bayelsa State in the National Population Commission Mrs. Gloria Izonfuo, mni, has said training of Enumerators for the 2023 Population and Housing Census would commence from 11th April, 2023. NPC Bayelsa State Hon. Federal Commissioner Mrs. Gloria Izonfuo, mni Mrs. Izonfuo disclosed this while speaking to Erevision…
In preparation for the first digital Population and Housing Census in Nigeria, the Chairman of National Population Commission, Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra, fnsa and his team paid a courtesy call on the Executive Vice Chairman/CEO Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta at the NCC Corporate Headquarters in Abuja onTuesday. NPC Chairman Hon. Nasir…
Chairman of the Public Affairs Committee, 2023 Census, Dr. Eyitayo Oyetunji who doubles as the Honourable Federal Commissioner representing Oyo State in the National Population Commissioner featured Channels Television’s current Affairs programme “Sunrise Daily” in preparations for the 2023 Population and Housing Census monitored by Erevision MediaTV.
Following the release by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs on 15th November 2022, which put the global population at 8 billion, the National Population Commission (NPC) has restated its commitment to managing Nigeria’s estimated population of over 216 million for economic growth and sustainable development. While reacting to the UN release…
