By Christian George
May 3 has been scheduled for the commencement of 2023 National Population and Housing Census in Nigeria.
In a statement, the Publicity and Advocacy Committee on 2023 National Population and Housing Census, Dr Garba Abari confirmed this on Sunday in Abuja when he appeared on the News Agency of Nigeria Forum.
Abari affirmed that the three-day exercise would commence May 3 and end on May 5 across the country.
Source further reported that Abari, who is the Director-General of, the National Orientation Agency, explained that the census exercise would capture every person, household and structure for national planning and project execution purposes.
The agency boss said the postponement of the census was the aftermath of the rescheduled gubernatorial election by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
“That change by INEC made it mandatory for us to also adjust the date for the conduct of the exercise,” he said, adding that “ the census had to be put forward from the initial date of March 29 to April 2nd, now to May 3rd to 5th.
He assured Nigerians of the agency’s preparedness to effectively accomplish the task within the stipulated dates.
He added that the agency has embarked on a series of sensitization to educate Nigerians of the exercise.
