FG shifts inhabitants census to Might

The Federal Authorities has shifted the inhabitants and housing census earlier scheduled for March 29, 2023, to Might 2023.

This was introduced by the Minister of Data and Tradition, Lai Mohammed, whereas briefing State Home correspondents on the finish of the Federal Government Council (FEC) assembly presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on the presidential villa in Abuja on Wednesday, 15 March 2023.

Mohammed defined that the choice to postpone the census was necessitated by the rescheduling of the gubernatorial election to March 18.

The minister stated that FEC additionally authorised N2.8 billion for the procurement of software program for the Nationwide Inhabitants Fee (NPC) for the conduct of the Nationwide Census in Might 2023.

Election chargeable for rescheduling of census

• Mohammed stated, “There was a memo offered by the Nationwide Inhabitants Fee, in search of some software program to permit them to conduct the census in Might this yr. I imagine due to the rescheduling of the elections, they can not start the census as scheduled.
• “They sought Council’s approval for a contract to obtain software program for the census on the sum of N2.8 billion.”

FEC has additionally authorised the Nigeria Agenda 2050, a plan geared toward growing actual GDP progress by seven %, creating N165 million in new jobs, and decreasing the variety of folks residing in poverty to 2.1 million in 2050.

That is coming about 29 months after President Buhari inaugurated the Nationwide Steering Committee for the preparation of the Medium-Time period Nationwide Improvement Plan 2021 to 2025 and Nigeria Agenda 2050.

The general goal is to take Nigeria by to an Higher Center-Earnings Nation and subsequently to the standing of a Excessive-Earnings nation by 2050.

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Recall that on March 6, 2023, the Minister of State for Finances and Nationwide Planning, Clement Agba, revealed that over $1.88 billion (N869 billion) was wanted to conduct the train.

In April 2022, the federal authorities introduced that it will conduct the census in April 2023 after the elections.

Agba at a high-level associate engagement in Abuja stated the federal authorities has offered 46% of the finances.

He stated there nonetheless stays an impressive of N327.2 billion wanted to hold out the census successfully.

• The minister stated, “The full necessities for this census, together with the post-census actions, is N869 billion, that is about 1.88 billion US {dollars}.
• “Whenever you hear the numbers, they actually look very large. Censuses all around the world, the typical is between 4 to 6 {dollars}. Nonetheless, in america, they spend $16 per particular person. In Botswana, they spend about $10 per particular person. So Nigeria’s $6 per particular person, you’ll agree with me, could be very cheap.
• “Up to now, the federal government has spent 291.5 billion naira which is $632 million. That is about 46 % of the requirement for the census. I do know this time round we’re not simply doing solely the inhabitants census, we’re additionally doing a housing census.
• “So the extra necessities for the vital gadgets to make sure the census is completed is 327.2 billion naira. That is about 709.9 million US {dollars}.”

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