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NPC: 2023 Census Not Tribal, Politically Motivated

NPC: 2023 Census Not Tribal, Politically Motivated
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2023 Census

NPC:- The National Population Commission reiterated on Thursday that the census scheduled for 2023 is not driven by politics or ethnicity.

Seyi Aderinokun, the Federal Commissioner for Ogun State, emphasized that the Commission is not a political body and that its role is to conduct censuses that will produce data for economic development.

The explanation was made by the commissioner, who was represented by the state director of NPC, Olushola Adeleye, during a one-day training in Ogun State on improving the skills of journalists to effectively report on the population and housing census in 2023.

She insisted that the Commission will conduct a physical count of Nigerians, guaranteeing that no proxy counts would be used.

She claims that the census will be digital since the Commission used cutting-edge technological technologies to code structures and land mass, describing details like location and sceneries, among other things.

The workshop, according to the NPC Federal Commissioner, was designed to teach the media how to report the census effectively and quickly. He described Ogun State as a population convergence point.

We are not a political organization, she continued. We are responsible for conducting the census, which is a study designed to produce data for economic planning. We are neither motivated by nor connected to ethnicity nor politics.

We are using technical innovation, so the census results would be digital and verified, Adeleye assured.

Folami Muka, the deputy director of the Census Department, stated in his presentation that numerous censuses conducted in the nation had been plagued by various complaints because people thought they were politically driven.

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Muka stated, “Getting the people involved to engage and own it is vital to its ultimate success,” while emphasizing the need for the Commission to have a people-oriented exercise. Yet, due to the misconceptions of many individuals about what a population census is and is not, conducting population censuses in Nigeria has proved difficult over the years.

“The outcome of a population census, in terms of size, has always set up heated exchanges between various groups within the polity, consequently severely influencing the growth and development process of the country,” the deputy director observed.

In the meantime, Mrs. Funmi Wakama, General Manager of Ogun State, Nigeria Television Authority, asked the media to be true partners in order for the outcome to be acceptable.

Wakama insisted that accurate demographic statistics would be helpful for planning and development.

“The outcome of a population census, in terms of size, has always set up heated exchanges between various groups within the polity, consequently severely influencing the growth and development process of the country,” the deputy director observed.

In the meantime, Mrs. Funmi Wakama, General Manager of Ogun State, Nigeria Television Authority, asked the media to be true partners in order for the outcome to be acceptable.

Wakama insisted that accurate demographic statistics would be helpful for planning and development.

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