By Tobias Lengnan Dapam
The Chairman, National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Isa Kwarra has revealed that the Commission has successfully demarcated 772 LGAs in all the States of the federation and the FCT.
He added that the remaining two LGAs beclouded by insecurity included; Abadam (Borno State) and Birning Gwari (Kaduna State), which will soon be demarcated.
Speaking on Monday at a 3-day capacity building workshop for population correspondents on the 2023 population and housing census, the chairman said the Commission has also conducted the first and the second census pre-test exercises.
Speaking further, he said the trial census will be conducted in June this year.
“The Commission is on course in its mission of delivering an accurate census to Nigerians and a strategic partnership with the media will form the tripod upon which the census architecture will stand to reach-out to the Nigerian people.
“Therefore, the convening of this training workshop for the NPC Press Corp is one of such engagements and it underscores the determination and commitment of the Commission to conduct a successful Population and Housing Census in 2023 by engaging you the media to effectively mobilize the citizenry by “getting the people involved”.
“Over the years, members of the NPC press corp have used their various platforms to advance positively the activities of the Commission to the world. It is with this understanding that the present Commission is convinced that building the capacity of the press corps and deepening your understanding of the census process will no doubt enhance the productivity of individual correspondents in reporting even more positively the activities of the Commission to the Nigerian people before, during and after the census.
“The overarching goal of this workshop is to share with you the vision of the Commission and draw on your support to ensure broad based national cooperation for the implementation of the activities of the National Population Commission, especially the coming census 2023.
“I want to assure the participants that the Commission will continue to engage with you on all activities of the Commission especially, towards the successful conduct of the 2023 Population and Housing Census.”
