Nigeria Commences Trial Population,Housing Census

The National Population Commission in Nigeria has commenced the Trial Census in six Local Government Areas in the country, in preparation for the 2023 Population and Housing Census which will be the first digital census in Nigeria.

The Chairman of the National Population Commission Mr Isa Kwarra said that “the Commission has intensified preparatory activities deploying technological innovations on a massive scale to conduct a truly scientific census that will not only be accurate and reliable but also transparent and acceptable to all Nigerians” in April 2023.

The Chairman of the Commission Mr Isa Kwarra who commended the Nigerian President Muhammad Buhari, for acting on the advice of the Nigerian National Council of State and “approved the conduct of the Trial Census for June 2022 and the next Population and Housing Census in April 2023.”