The postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census has raised concerns about the implications of the cancellation. The Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Isa Kwarra, disclosed that the Commission had spent N200 billion on preparations for the census before the exercise was cancelled. Kwarra stated that the N800 billion budgeted included…
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has partnered with the National Population Commission (NPC) to develop a standard and digital postcode system that will aid the economic, political, social, and physical development of Nigeria. As part of this effort, the Commission is training functionaries for the ground-truthing of Postcode Area (PCA) Delineation Model at the National…
By Joe Chukwu, PhD The postponement of the 2023 National Population and Housing Census as approved by Mr. President and announced by the Honourable Minister of Information and Culture, is to say the least disappointing, ominous, ill timed and sad, as far as many patriotic Nigerians are concerned. President Muhammadu Buhari This was a process…
Mrs. Gloria Izonfuo, the Hon. Federal Commissioner of the National Population Commission in Bayelsa State, who was abducted by gunmen while returning from a trip in Brass, Bayelsa state, has been released after spending five days in captivity. She was abducted alongside her driver and maid at the Ogbakiri junction in Emuoha Local Government Area…
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…
By Isiaka Yahaya The attention of the National Population Commission has been drawn to reported statements in news media credited to the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and the President of Middle Belt Forum, Dr. Bitrus Pogu calling on the Federal Government to postpone the 2023 Population and Housing Census slated to be conducted from…
The Chairman of National Population Commission Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra has said that Bloggers and Social Media Influencers have a crucial role to play in mobilizing Nigerians to participate in the upcoming 2023 Population and Housing Census Please watch video to the end, and click the “Subscribe” button on our YouTube channel Kindly share
Contrary to a fake audio message that is going viral in WhatsApp social media, the National Population Commision says the upcoming 2023 Population and Housing Census Question will not ask question on people’s religion or ethnicity. Watch full video here: https://youtu.be/cIRSKkwxHBQ and click the “Subscribe” button on our YouTube Channel
By Stanley O. Nwosu Oscar Wilde, the famous writer once said, “Birthdays are filled with yesterday’s memories, today’s joys, and tomorrow’s dreams”. Birthdays are moments of joy and celebrations as well as occasions for expressing goodwill to dear ones. It is that time of the year again when it is appropriate to rejoice with the…
By Robinson Erebi The Executive Chairman of the National Population Commission Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra says that after the successful conduct of a census exercise, it becomes all-important to conduct Post Enumeration Survey (PES) so as to engender Users’ confidence in adoption of the Census results for numerous and various purposes in any country of…
