By Abraham Olatunbosun
UNFPA Nigeria, National Population Commission and Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget & National Planning are hosting Donors Conference for the 2023 Population and Housing Census (with critical stakeholders)
In line with Presidential directive, the National Population Commission will conduct the 2023 Population and Housing Census this Year.
According to a statement by the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, as part of preparations for the successful conduct of the Census, the National Population Commission has successfully demarcated the 774 Local Government Areas in the country in readiness for the exercise.
The Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) is the process of delineating the entire land area of the country into small (mutually exclusive) geographical and demographic units called Enumeration Areas (EAs).
The Commission has concluded the recruitment of ad-hoc staff that will function as trainers, Specialized Work Force, Data Quality Managers and Data Quality Assistants and enumerators.
Some of the functionaries have undergone training in preparation for the census exercise. The Commission has also taken delivery of the first batch of the Personal Digital Assist (PDA) that will be used for data capturing.
Consequently, the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning in collaboration with the National Population Commission and the United Nations Population Fund is organizing a Donors Conference for the 2023 Population and Housing Census with key stakeholders (Development Partners, Organised Private Sector; All CEOs/MDs of Commercial Banks, Telecoms, and Oil & Gas Industry etc.).
The objective of the high-level engagement which will be Chaired by the Honourable Minister of Budget and National Planning, Hajiya Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed is to mobilize funding support for the exercise.
The event is scheduled to hold today, 6th March, 2023 at the Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja by 11:00 am.
