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.

Amuda Bembe     Oyawoye     Abdulmutalib Shittu     March 28     Oyedepo     Young Progressives Party     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Bola Magaji     Ahmed Alhasssan     Folorunsho Erubu     Henry Olaosebikan     Kwara State Sports Commission     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Naira Redesign     Shururat Olatinwo     Kwara North     Harrison Osauwagboe     AIT Ilorin     Sulu Gambari     April 11     Radio SBS     Air Peace     Abdulfatah Ahmed     MMWG     Usman Yunusa     Saliu Alamoyo     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Cornelius Adebayo     Bola Tinubu     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Issa Oloruntogun     Bayo Onimago     Olayinka Are     BIR     Isin     Salake     Aliyu Alhassan     Sabi     Saliu Oluwole     Danhawa     Jide Oyinloye     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Gamji Members Association     Kayode Zubair     Olatunji Ibrahim     Usman Alkali Baba     Lanre Jimoh     Salami Adekunle     Royal FM     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Aminat Omodara     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Yetunde Balogun     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Sobi FM     Edu     IESA     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Alabi Lawal     Yakubu Danladi     Moji Makanjuola     Siraj Oyewale     General Hospital, Offa     United Nigeria Congress Party     LABTOP     Ahmed \'Lateef     Amina El-Imam     Ilorin     Gurei     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Razak Atunwa     Awoye     Egbewole     Frootify     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Okeose Christian Cementary     Olupako     Mufti Of Ilorin     Village Alive Development Association     Alabe     Olaoye B. Felix     Olugbense     Razaq Atunwa     Anilelerin     Kale Ayo     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Gamji Members Association     Daud Adeshola     Wasiu Onidugbe     Kola Shittu     Femi Oladiji     MMWG     Kunle Okeowo     Salaudeen Oyewale     Suleman Abubakar     Firdaos Amasa     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     SSUCOEN     Ohoro Of Shao     Rashidi Yekini     Ndama Al-hassan     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Gbemi Saraki     Ganmo     Amuda Aluko     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Women For Change And Development Initiative     HICA     Kunbi Titiloye     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Emmanuel Bello     Maigida     Kale Belgore     Gbenga Awoyale     Ijagbo Health Centre     National Information Technology Development Agency     Onikijipa     Tanke Flyover Bridge     TVC Female National Debate     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Basit Olatunji     Maigida Soludero Transit     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Shonga Farm Project     Photo News     Oladimeji Thompson     Abdulmutalib Shittu     CACOVID Palliatives     Radio Kwara     Kawu     Owo Isowo     Local Government Pension Board     CELF     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Musa Yeketi     Ibrahim Taiwo     Vasolar Consultoria     Shuaib Olarongbe     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Siraj Oyewale     Abdulwahab Ololele     Ayedun     Dasuki Belgore     Patience Jonathan     Balogin Alanamu     KW-GIS     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Memunat Monsuma