NPC plans spending N869bn for census, to hire 885,000 persons

The National Population Commission 111 a 3 of 885,000 people will be recruited for the 2023 Population and Housing Census scheduled for May.

The Commission added that the exercise would last for five days and N869bn was needed to carry it out successfully.

According to the report by the Director of Public Affairs, Dr Isiaka Yahaya, N626bn of the total is needed for the census, while N243bn  is needed for follow-up operations through 2025.

The Commission allocated about N77bn for the training of 885,000 people on the listing of all buildings and families in the country for seven days as part of its crucial requirement for the 2023 Census.

Also, N57.5bn was set aside for the enumeration of all listed individuals during the country’s building, numbering, and household listing processes.

It added that N53.2bn would be needed to count every person identified during the building numbering and household listing for the primary census procedure.

“If some locations are not covered, we will conduct what is called mop-up. Why they are saying three days because it is going to be Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday but Saturday and Sunday there will also be enumeration and if there are areas not covered, there is provision for mop-up,” the report added.