President Bola Tinubu has assured the National Population
Commission (NPC) of the Federal Government’s support to conduct the botched
census in the country.
The President gave the assurance on Wednesday, at the launch
of the National Geospatial Data Repository, Digital CRVS System and
inauguration of the National Coordination Committee for CRVS at the
Presidential Villa Abuja.
While calling for collaboration among Ministries,
Departments and Agencies of government, Tinubu underscored the relevance of
data to national growth.
He called on the census experts to deploy cutting-edge
technology in gathering data on Nigeria’s population, saying the nation cannot
afford to lag behind in efficient data sourcing.
According to the President, Nigeria has a lot to be grateful
for because it is not prone to natural disasters.
Recall that the immediate past administration of Muhammadu
Buhari had released the sum of N200 billion to the Population Commission to
conduct a national census.
While a large chunk of the funds were deployed by the agency
in the preliminary stages of the census collation, the Federal Government had
to postpone the exercise owing to other exigencies.
More to come…
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