Tag: National Population Commission
SIXTY-FIVE CHEERS TO A GREAT NATION IN NEED OF TRUE REFLECTIONS
This milestone anniversary offers us yet another opportunity to reflect on the journey of our nationhood. In that respect, we urge governments at all levels to show greater determination and respect for rule of law in consolidating democracy, pursuing meaningful economic reforms, and confronting the challenges of insecurity, poverty, hunger and youth unemployment that continue…
NPC And The Botched 2023 Census
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…
NIPOST and NPC to develop Digital Postcode System
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…
Postponement of 2023 Census ill-advised
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…
Gloria Izonfuo Kidnapped by Gunmen Regains Freedom After Five Days
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…
National Population Commission Server Was Not Hacked
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…
2023 Census will count IDPs in Benue State and other places
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…
Hon. Kwarra task Bloggers, Social Media Influencers
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
No Questions On Religion, Ethnicity In 2023 Census Questionnaire
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
Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra: A digital and Transformative Chairman @63
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…
