As the nation is preparing to conduct a population census, the Deji of Akure Kingdom, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi has charged the National Population Commission to conduct a credible and internationally acceptable exercise.
The monarch recalled that the previous exercise had suffered credibility tests thereby making the data inaccurate and unreliable for national planning.
in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the monarch, Mr Adeyeye Michael, on Saturday, the monarch said, “We now have a very good opportunity to right the wrong of the past and ensure that all the data that will be collected will be realistic, reliable and fit for national planning and development. We can no longer go back to the dark days of falsifying figures and depriving ourselves the true reflection of things”.
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