2023 census will be credible and cannot be m@nipulated — NPC assures Nigerians

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 when he visited the Plateau Chpater of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Friday in Jos.
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 so as to curtail chances of manipulation, so as 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.

Mr Pam, who said that the exercise was slated to hold between May 3 to May 7, called on residents of the state to support and cooperate with NPC personnel during the exercise.