President Bola Tinubu has said that the National Population Commission (NPC) will get assistance from the federal government in conducting the next census.
The president gave a speech on Wednesday at the National Geospatial Data Repository and Digital Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System launches at the State House in Abuja.
He, however, did not announce a specific date for the “next census.”
He said: “Our population remains the greatest asset of the nation in the development process.
“Collecting accurate and reliable information on the size, distribution, composition, and characteristics of the population is an essential governance activity that is also consistent with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the present administration.
“The Commission will therefore be supported in the conduct of the next census,” Tinubu said.
The President went on to say that precise data on the number, makeup, and distribution of the country’s population is essential for planning purposes as well as for the efficient provision of public services to Nigerians.
According to him, Nigeria’s population continues to be its most valuable resource as it pursues its larger goal of becoming one of the world’s largest economies.
“Coming at a time when the Commission has made substantial progress in its quest to deliver the first digital population and housing census, it is my hope that the result of the census will provide the nation with much-needed data for development planning and the enthronement of good governance.”
