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BREAKING: FG Postpones Population Census To May
The decision to move the date was necessitated by the rescheduling of the gubernatorial election to March 18.
The Federal Government has announced a shift of the population and housing census earlier scheduled for the end of March to May 2023.
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, confirmed the postponement on Wednesday, March 15, at the end of the federal executive council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.
The Minister explained that the decision to move the date was necessitated by the rescheduling of the gubernatorial election to March 18.
He also disclosed that the Council approved the sum of N2.8 billion for the National Population Commission (NPC) to procure some software to be used for the conduct of the census.
According to him: “There was a memo presented by the National Population Commission, seeking for some software to allow them to conduct the census in May this year.
“I believe because of the rescheduling of the elections, they cannot commence the census as scheduled,’ he added.