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Nigeria’s 2023 Population and Housing Census Will Require N869bn to Execute - FG

Mar 07, 2023   •   by Proshare News   •   Source: Proshare   •   eye-icon 366 views

The 2023 Nigerian National Census scheduled for March 29th to April 2nd will require a total of N869bn to execute. 

 

Prince Clement Agba the Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning, disclosed this in a recent briefing with high level partners on the 2023 Census.

 

According to him the Federal Government has committed N291.5bn(46% of the total sum)  to the exercise, while N327.2bn is still required to balance the expenditure.

 

The Minister also stated that the Post-Census requirement, up to the period 2025 is N243bn. 

 

The 2023 national population and housing census will be the latest exercise Nigeria will conduct since the year 2006. 

 

Census in Nigeria has been the basis for critical political economic decisions like revenue sharing & allocation, political constituencies distribution, concentration of infrastructure and urban/regional planning. 

 

Alhaji Nasir Isa Kwarra the Chairman of the National Population Commission, NPC alongside his eleven (11) commissioners are saddled with ensuring that the exercise is successful. 

 

The census is coming 2 weeks after the 2023 Gubernatorial elections and will require effective planning to achieve the set goal. 

 

Nigeria’s population is currently pegged at around 200m, making the most populated country in Africa.

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