Just in: FG postpones census, to be conducted by incoming administration.
Just in: FG postpones census, to be conducted by incoming administration.
Census postponed, to be conducted after swearing-in of incoming president
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the 2023 population and housing census slated for May 3-7, 2023
The head count exercise which has been postponed to a date after inauguration of the incoming administration, had witnessed several calls for its postponement.
The President gave the approval after a meeting with members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and Chairman of National Population Commission (NPC) together with hsibteam at the presidential villa on Friday, April 28, 2023.
The postponement if the 2023 census was contained in a press statement signed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, which was released on Saturday morning.
