If everything works out according to plan, the 2023 National Population and Housing Census is scheduled to be held in April after the general election, slated for February and March 2023. The last time the country had such an exercise was in 2006 during the Olusegun Obasanjo administration. Globally, the significance of a credible National […]
If everything works out according to plan, the 2023 National Population and Housing Census is scheduled to be held in April after the general election, slated for February and March 2023. The last time the country had such an exercise was in 2006 during the Olusegun Obasanjo administration. Globally, the significance of a credible National…
It also offers necessary data enabling the assessment of the population status during the inter-census period as well as monitoring demographic, social and economic changes taking place during the same period. This will be positively reflected on the accurate measurement of the various phenomena to be investigated such as fertility, mortality and migration, which are used as the basis for calculating population growth rates and estimates of the post-census population.
Governor Sanwo-Olu made the appeal at the stakeholders’ summit on the 2023 Population and Housing Census held on Tuesday at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, at the Secretariat, Alausa Ikeja. That is why the opportunity of another Census should not be treated with levity by residents of the state. This is the time to get it right. We cannot afford to have another round of Census with disturbing, controversial and spurious outcomes. Hence, everyone living in the state must stand up to be counted.
Fortunately, we can now count on new technologies that make enumeration easier and more credible. In that vein, it is heartwarming to note that the 2023 Census will be a digital census, taking advantage of digital tools and technology.
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