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.

Suwa-Arabs     First Lady     Yomi Adeboye     Baba-Isale     Frootify     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Arca Santa     Fola Consultant     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Yekeen Alabi     Offa Descendants Union     KFA     Eghe Igbinehi     Cornelius Adebayo     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Ibrahim Bio     Emir Of Yashikira     Maryam A. Garuba     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Dankaka     Razaq Atunwa     Ibrahim Labaika     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Rachael Obisesan     Sabo-Oke     Niyi Ogundiran     Mujtabah Bature     Ojo Fadumila     Rex Olawoye     CLAY POT     Earlyon Technologies     Aminu Ado Bayero     Gani Saadu     Ayedun     General Hospital, Ilorin     IYA YUSUF     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Yakubu Dogara     Aliyu Muhammed     Lucky Omoluwa     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Council Of The Wise     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Nurudeen Muhammed     AbdulRauf Keji     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Peculiar Allowance     Alapansapa     Yunus Lawal     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Offa     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Oba Abdulrahim     Yahaya Abdulkareem     General Hospital     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Just Law Forum     Shola Odetundun     Curfew     School Of Nursing     Ojuekun     KWSIEC     Harrison Osauwagboe     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Ibrahim Taiwo     Isin     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Emir Of Kano     Yaru     Baruten     Monthly Sanitation Exercise    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Vasolar     Ajeigbe     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Ibrahim Orire     Okasanmi Ajayi     Gwanara     Gamji Members Association     Balogun Fulani     Abubakar Imam     Col. Adedipe     Yetunde Balogun     Unicontinental Construction Company     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Mustapha Olanipekun     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Maja     Laduba     Muhammed Danjuma     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Talaka Parapo     Taofik Mustapha     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Ishaq Oloyede     Kwara Politics     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Pilgrims Board     Rex Olawoye     Metro Park     Oko Erin     Saduki Lafiagi     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Solomon Edojah     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Oloye     Lawan     Oloyede     Shola Odetundun     CCB     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Musa Abdullahi     Funmi Salau     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Olabode George Towoju     Tunji Oyawoye     Kayode Ibrahim     Salary     Ahmad Ali     CACOVID     NTA Ilorin     Maigida Soludero Transit     Zulu Gambari     EndSARS     Sarah Jubril     Apaokagi     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Waheed Ibrahim     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Titus Ashaolu     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Balikis Jawondo     Yahaya Seriki     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Facebook     Overland     Durbar Festival     Omoniyi     Kunbi Titiloye     Ope Saraki     Mohammed Yisa     Salmon Babatunde Salmon