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.

Kanu Agabi     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Baba Idris     Read With Me     Ishaq Oloyede     Saka Onimago     Fatimat Saliu     Amuda Bembe     Alaro     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Salihu S. Yaru     Unilorin FM     Ladi Hassan     Ayobami Seriki     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     SUBEB     Bisi Kristien     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Omar Bolaji Gambari     Lateef Fagbemi     Oke-Oyi     Borgu     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     QuickWin     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Opobiyi     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Bayo Ajia     Hauwa Nuru     Apado     Orire     Inside Kwara     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Gbugbu International Market     Magaji Are     Adebayo Salami     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Najim Yaasin     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Salaudeen Oyewale     Shoprite     Kwasu     Afolayan     Malete     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Curfew     Mashood Dauda     NIPR     Raymond Olaitan     Issa Oloruntogun     Umar Saro     Olupako     Shururat Olatinwo     Femi Agbaje     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Wole Oke     Lanre Badmas     11th Galadima     Adeleke Ogungbe     National Broadcasting Commission     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Tanke     Zaratu Umar     Adaramaja     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Ilorin     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Sheriff Shagaya     Joseph Yemi Ajayi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Saheed Popoola     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Adeola Abraham     Cassava Growers\' Association     Saka Saadu     Okin Biscuits     Baruten     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Sa\'adu Salau     Mahfouz Adedimeji     KWASSIP     Boko Haram     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Oyedepo     Quran     Fatimat Saliu     Yakubu Shaaba     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Tinubu     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Kayode Ibrahim     Ebola     Yakubu Gobir     Universal Basic Education Commission     Kehinde Baale     Harrison Osauwagboe     Lai Mohammed     General Hospital     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Ibrahim Jawondo     Ilofa     Turaki     Turaki Of Ilorin     Rapheal Ashaolu     Olofa Of Offa     Titus Ashaolu     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Bayo Onimago     11th Galadima     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Okin Group     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Femtech     Dan Iya     Baba Idris     Ita-Nmo Market     Alao Ayotunde     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Coronavirus     Garba Dogo     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Alabere     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Abioye Bello     Minimum Wage     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Issa Baba     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Yahaya Muhammad     Oladimeji Thompson     Basit Olatunji     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Idowu Aremu     NTA Ilorin     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Lanre Issa Onilu     Saka Abimbola Isau     Wole Oke     Rachael Obisesan     NULGE     Saraki