NPC break silence on new Census date

The postponed national population and housing census will have new dates personally announced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Nasir Kwarra, the NPC’s chairman, made this statement to media at the State House on Thursday after heading a delegation to brief the president at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja.
According to him, the president has received the commission’s report and is expected to analyze it before deciding when the nationwide exercise would take place.
The NPC boss, who also hinted that the commission might have to make more requests for financial provision, said the longer the exercise was delayed, the more likely its financial needs might expand.
“We briefed him fully on the level of our preparedness, the outcomes that we envisage and I’ll like to say that Mr President has graciously approved to support the Commission in the conduct of census and our preparatory activities, though we’re not stuck at all, but he has given us the courage and the impetus to upscale our preparation.
“So, we’ll continue our preparations and we’ll hear from him eventually, the date that the census will take place because we’ve made a submission to him that he will study before getting back to us. But as for the assurance of support, he has given that to us and we thank him immensely for this for also realizing the importance of data for the purpose of national planning and development”, he said.