The Federal Commissioner of the NPC in Enugu State, Mr Ejike Eze, gave the assurance on Sunday in Enugu when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria.
“We have been able to engage IPOB to convince it that its agitation requires information that the census would provide,’’ Eze said.
He dismissed calls for a shift in the dates of the exercise and argued that the census is not the same as an election where there are competitors, winners and losers. Eze also dismissed claims that the N869 billion budgeted for the exercise was exorbitant and said it was the least when compared with the budgets of other countries.
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