NPC Boss speaks on 2023 Census, Assures Nigerians credibility, Honesty

The National Population Commission (NPC) has promised to conduct a credible and reliable 2023 National Population and Housing Census.

Pam Dame, NPC Director in Plateau, gave the assurance.

Mr Dame, who reiterated the importance of the exercise to planning and national development, said that the commission would deploy technology to ensure that the exercise was done with minimal hitches.

“The forthcoming census will be a bit unique because we have made arrangements for improvement over the previous ones We will deploy technology for the exercise to curtail chances of manipulation, and to make it credible, reliable, and acceptable to Nigerians.

This is why we are putting in the best methodology, and the conduct will conform to global standards. It will be very difficult for anyone to manipulate this census because we will deploy what is needed to make it credible and acceptable,” he said.