The Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed has explained that the decision to shift the census was necessitated by the postponement of the gubernatorial and state assembly elections to March 18.
Mohammed disclosed this while briefing the State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) weekly meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, March 15.Information Guide Nigeria
According to ICIR, the minister said: “There was a memo presented by the National Population Commission, seeking some software to allow them to conduct the census in May this year.NYSC Portal
”I believe because of the rescheduling of the elections, they cannot commence the census as scheduled.
“They sought council’s approval for a contract to procure software for the census at the sum of N2.8 billion.”
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Recall that on March 11, the Chairman of the National Population Commission, Nasir Kwarra, hinted that the rescheduling of the governorship and state assembly elections may affect census.
Also, the Minister of State Budget Clement Agba, while speaking during a ‘high level partners’ engagement’ on the 2023 population and housing census on March 7, in Abuja disclosed that out of the N889 billion required to conduct the census, only N291.5 billion had been committed by the government.
Agba said: “The total requirement for the Census (including post Census activities) is N869 billion.
“Census requirement is N626b, which is about $6 per capita (just slightly above the threshold of up to $5 per capita). Post-Census (up to 2025) – N243b ($527m).“
He added, “So far, the government has committed N291.5 billion ($632m) to the census, making it 46 percent of total funding for the census. An additional (immediate) sum of N327.2bn ($709.9m) is required to complete the census.”JAMB Result
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