‘Exercise To Hold Between March/April’ 

The National Population Commission (NPC), yesterday, assured Nigerians that it might deploy obtainable cutting-edge expertise to avert manipulation through the conduct of the 2023 census.

Chairman of the Commission, Nasir Isa Kwarra, who gave the reassurance whereas talking with newsmen after he met with President Muhammadu Buhari on the Presidential Villa, Abuja, additionally declared that the expertise to be deployed would make it tough for anybody to control the method.

Fielding questions, Kwarra stated the train can be completely different from the earlier ones, which he stated, had been marred by controversies, stressing that the Commission can be making use of cutting-edge expertise, together with Global Positioning System (GPS) and satellite tv for pc pictures.

According to him, each constructing within the nation has already been coded for the aim.

“This census goes to be completely different from previous censuses. The idea and observe is basically the identical, however we’re utilizing high-end expertise to conduct this census and it’s such that no person can tamper with any determine. Nobody might be counted greater than as soon as. 

“We’re visiting households to do direct interface with the household, collect data and in the past if you are doing an operation manually, it’s very cumbersome. But this is being aided by technology and I believe it’s going to be transparent and very fast and it is going to be verifiable because we are able to provide data up to local government, up to wards level. So, it is something that you can always verify,” he stated.

Kwarra stated the demarcation of enumeration areas has already been accomplished, stating additional that the train would happen between late March and early April this yr, particularly from March 29 to April 2, 2023. 

“By March 29 to April 2, our staff will be in the field enumerating people,” he famous.   He disclosed {that a} portal has already been opened by the Commission to recruit ad-hoc workers for the conduct of the train, including that folks recruited can be deployed to work of their localities.

Speaking in opposition to the backdrop of safety challenges in elements of the nation, he assured that the train can be performed easily within the areas affected.