The National Population Commission (NPC) says the census
exercise will be carried out from March 29 till April 2, 2023.
Nasir Kwarra, NPC chairperson, announced the development on
Friday.
Speaking with journalists after a meeting with President
Muhammadu Buhari at the state house in Abuja, Kwarra said the 2023 census would
be different as it would prioritise the use of technology.
“By March 29 to April 2, our staff will be on the field
enumerating people,” he said.
“This census is going
to be different from past censuses. The theory and practice is essentially the
same, but we’re using high-end technology to conduct this census and it’s such
that nobody can tamper with any figure. Nobody will be counted more than once.
“We’re visiting households to do direct interface with the
household, collect data.
“In the past, if you’re doing an operation manually, it’s
very cumbersome. But this is being aided by technology and I believe it’s going
to be transparent and very fast, and it is going to be verifiable, because we
are able to provide data up to local government, up to ward level.
“So, it is something that you can always verify.”
Kwarra also said global positioning system (GPS) and
satellite imagery would be used during the exercise, adding that demarcation of
areas had already been completed.
On if the commission was worried about security challenges,
he said the NPC hopes that the exercise would be smooth across the country.
The last national census was conducted in 2006.
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