“Most things are in place, right from the personal digital assistants procured are well secured in our various Central Bank of Nigeria offices nationwide.”
“To meet the housing needs of Nigerians, we need to build about 550,000 new homes per annum over the next 10 years.”
“Prior to this, these registrations have been carried out manually, a process that has been characterised by low coverage and inadequate data.”
Mr Ortom had, on April 13, called on the federal government to postpone the planned census until adequate security was guaranteed in the country.
Mr Soludo also directed all the state media channels to develop a message on the census which would be played before and after every news hour.
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The minister added that this would facilitate and place Nigeria on the pedestal of sustainable development.
He said the success of the 2023 census will largely depend on the role and participation of traditional institutions and religious leaders.
the decision to shift the census was necessitated by the postponement of the gubernatorial and state assembly elections by INEC from March 11 to March 18.
Two major moves the next administration would need to do have to involve reordering our national scale of preference and expanding the country’s revenue base.
The federal commissioner in charge of Ebonyi, Darlington Okereke, stated this at a news conference on the training of the participants on Wednesday in Abakaliki.
