The 2023 population and housing census earlier scheduled for March 29, has been postponed by the federal government.
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Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, confirmed the postponement on Wednesday, March 15, at the end of the federal executive council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.
According to him: “There was a memo presented by the National Population Commission, seeking for some software to allow them conduct the census in May this year.
I believe because of the rescheduling of the elections, they cannot commence the census as scheduled.
“They sought Council’s approval for a contract to procure software for the census at the sum of N2.8 billion”.
He said the census will now hold in May.
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