ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The National Population Commission (NPC) has revealed reasons for spending 200 billion naira in preparations for the 2023 census.
The director, public affairs of the Commission, Mr. Isiaka Yahaya, stated this at meeting with journalists in Abuja.
Yahaya said the money was spent since 2014 when preparations for the 2023 census actually began.
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He explained also that a series of test runs carried out by the commission to determine the appropriateness or otherwise of the methodology, processes and systems being put in place for the exercise, as well as the 2022 trial census, gulped a large chunk of the funds.
According to Dr. Yahaya, no date for the 2023 census has been set yet until the chairman of the commission meets with President Bola Tinubu.