Dr Aiyejina, who disclosed this at an interactive media chat organised by the Commission in Benin.
“This is to ensure that the census will not only be accurate, but it will also be reliable and auditable. But because elections and census in Nigeria have a relationship, we intend to insulate the census from politics.
While reiterating the importance of the census, he noted that “census is for future planning and not for the present government. This is why it is important that everything is done to make the figure accurate so that the government can plan well. The government needs accurate statistics to plan with scientific certitude. Nigeria can catch up with the developed countries of the world if we provide accurate census figures for the government to plan.
He assured that the postponement notwithstanding, all the sensitive materials for the exercise were warehoused at the Benin branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria, while other materials had been distributed to all the 18 local government areas of the state, where the District Police Officers, had kept them save.
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