President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday inaugurated a high-level committee on the forthcoming national population and housing census.
The President tasked the committee to submit an interim report within three weeks, Mr Bayo Onanuga, his spokesman, said in a statement.The President said the census was crucial for national development, accurate planning, and effective decision-making in healthcare, education, security, and economic planning.
Nigeria’s last census, which was conducted in 2006, nearly two decades ago, recorded a population of 140,431,790, with 71,345,488 males and 69,086,302 females.
Tinubu stressed the pivotal role of a technology-driven process in ensuring credible and verifiable results and the need for collaboration among all relevant agencies and stakeholders.
