President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has charged the National Population Commission (NPC) to be prudent in their assignment and work towards producing census data that would be credible and reliable.
Tinubu urged the NPC to view the delay in the exercise as an opportunity to cash in on the advantages of the current electronic and digital age.
The president who stated this on Thursday in Abuja after receiving a briefing from NPC Chairman, Nasir Isa Kwarra, expressed concern over the delay in conducting another enumeration in the country since the last exercise done in 2006.
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Tinubu further tasked NPC to conduct an accurate Population and Housing Census in the country.
”It is disappointing that up until now we have not been able to conduct another enumeration of our people. I hope that this delay will be converted into a great opportunity in this electronic and digital age.
”The challenge is yours and I hope that during the demarcation you did, you would have noticed the migration of people to urban centers because of the extreme poverty and unemployment.
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”Digitalizing the process will make your job easier and I donāt see why we don’t, by now, have a reliable database in Nigeria to identify ourselves and ascertain our numbers for planning purposes and in time of disaster.
”I have listened to you and we will support you. The accuracy and integrity of your data are very important to Nigerians and to our national economic development programmes.”
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”We will support you but you have to be prudent and be determined to make a name for yourself. Goodluck, ” the President said.
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