Nigeria to Conduct Long-Awaited National Census in 2025, NPC Reveals

Date: 2024-11-29

The Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Isa Kwarra, has confirmed that Nigeria's long-awaited national census is scheduled to take place in 2025.

Speaking in Abuja on Thursday at the 2024 Anniversary of the Nairobi Summit on the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), Kwarra stressed the importance of the census for effective planning and equitable resource allocation. He noted that the delay in conducting the census has significantly hampered efforts to address population needs, particularly in rural and underserved areas.

The NPC Chairman assured Nigerians that the 2025 census will provide accurate data to guide developmental planning and improve governance outcomes across the country.

“This gap in accurate population data poses challenges in tailoring reproductive health services and interventions to specific demographic groups, ultimately undermining progress toward reducing maternal mortality and improving access to family planning,” Kwarra stated.

Nigeria last conducted a population census in 2006, despite the United Nations' recommendation for countries to hold one every 10 years.

The exercise, originally scheduled for 2023, was postponed twice under former President Muhammadu Buhari's administration, which opted to allow the incoming government to oversee the process.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Kale Ayo     Mutawalle     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     HICA     Sunday Fagbemi     Fatimoh Lawal     Chief Of Staff     Yusuf Mubarak     Facebook     Lanre Olosunde     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Dorcas Afeniforo     Modibbo Kawu     Niyi Osundare     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Ijagbo Health Centre     Fulani     Assayomo     Baba Issa     NITDA     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Elekoyangan     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Lanre Issa Onilu     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Gbemisola Saraki     CCT     Saidu Yaro Musa     Quarry Royal Valley     Law School Scholarship     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Oladimeji Thompson     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Amuda Musbau     Alimi     Islamic Development Bank     Aiyedun     Bolaji Abdullahi     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Cornelius Fawenu     Anilelerin     Joseph Alex Offorjama     IESA     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Oniwa     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Kolawole Akande     Mustapha Akanbi     Paul Odama     John Mayokun Dada     Alabi Lawal     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Monsurat Omotosho     Ahmed Dankaya     Rachael Obisesan     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Bayo Ojo     Charles Ibitoye     Neo Mundo Ltd     Valsolar     Temi Kolawole     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Babaita     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Borgu     Offa Descendants Union     Press Release     Medinat Folorunsho Salman    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yusuf Aiyedun     IYA YUSUF     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Ola Falade     Kwara North     Baruba     Iyeru Grammar School     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Sabo-Oke     General Hospital, Offa     Mohammed Lawal     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Twitter     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Sam Okaula     Isiaka Danmeromu     Kayode Alabi     Ogidi-Oloje     Kishira     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Fatimoh Lawal     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Amuda Aluko     AGM Professional Services     Adeleke Ogungbe     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Yakubu Dogara     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Rihanat Ajia     John Olajide Adedipe     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Budo-Egba     Ganiyu Abolarin     Sobi     Olatinwo     Ile Arugbo     Temitope Ogunbanke     Lanwa     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     IsDB     NIPR     NYSC     Michael Ologundea     Computer Based Test     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Abubakar Imam     Simon Sayomi     Opobiyi     Ilota     Maryam Nurudeen     Ogbondoroko     Abioye Bello     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Oniye     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     Tafida     Alapado     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Trader Moni     Sebastine Obasi     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Moses Afolayan     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Village Alive Development Association     Kulende     Buhari     Jaigbade Alao     Saheed Popoola     Saad Omo\'ya     Kumbi Titiloye     Sanitation Exercise     Bluenile Associates     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa