The Chairman National Population Commission (NPC) had made a request of an additional N225.2 billions Census funding to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the Commission to conduct a hitch-free national Population and Housing Census in the country, latet this year 2023 or early 2024.

The NPC Chairman, Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra made the request while briefing Mr President on the activities of the Commission at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He sought the President’s approval for the additional funding to cover the training, fieldwork allowances, retraining of trainers, and the conduct of a second-class Trial Census, later 2023.

In a statement issued by Mr. Dele Aleke, the Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, he explained that President Tinubu, while receiving the NPC Chiaman and his team noted that the populations in the urban centres across the country have continued to escalate as a result of the extreme poverty and unemployment in rural areas.