The chairman National Population Commission, Isah Kwarra, says getting the 2023 Population and Housing Census right is a task that must be done hence the commission remains fully committed to thorough professional handling of everything about the census.
Kwarra gave the assurance during a workshop on National Compendium of Localities organized by the National Population Commission in collaboration with other National relevant groups in Nasarawa state, north central Nigeria.
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The National Compendium of localities is the compilation of all the localities demarcated during the Enumeration Area Demarcation on Local Government Areas showing the coverage and location on interactive maps.
The compilation will be presented to the partners of the national population commission at the Local Government Area level for their inputs before presenting to the grassroots the final list of localities for the 2023 Population and Housing Census.
The workshop, brings together key players with a view to identifying those localities for the purpose of accuracy and professionalism.
The Compendium of locality in Census taking is a tool for Census data dissemination, National planning and development.
The 2023 Population and Housing Census results is expected to be released up to the lowest level of the Census entities which could be as small as a camp to show transparency and integrity of the census project.
Editor: Ebuwa Omo-Osagie