FG approves date for national population census

The National Council of State has approved the national population census for April 2023 after the general elections.

This was disclosed by Director-General of National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Isa-Kwarra after a meeting of the Council of State presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, where he revealed that the commission would be conducting a pilot census from June 2022 after political parties must have concluded their pre-general elections activities.

He also noted that the last census exercise was held in 2006, adding that NPC would deploy a high technology for the exercise.