The 2023 Population and Housing Census, which was initially slated for May 3–7, 2023, has been moved to a date to be selected by the new administration, with President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval.
The decision was made on Friday following a meeting at the State House between President Muhammadu Buhari and Nasir Isa Kwarra, Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC).
Remember that the earlier postponement of the gubernatorial elections resulted in the Census being moved from its original March 27 date to May 3.
On Thursday, during a meeting with the diplomatic corps at the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja, the chairman of the commission stated that the commission was yet to get all the devices needed to carry out the census, noting that some devices will be procured in a few days.
“For the country, we require up to 800,000 PADs, so far, we have procured about 500,000. The remaining are coming in a few days,” he said.
On the donations for the census by the private sector and other key stakeholders, he said “But you know the way they operate; it is not as if the money will come like that. They have to talk with their government and look at their budget. So, that process is ongoing. But we cannot say any money has come in. It is a process, and the process is unfolding.”
