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The National Population Commission (NPC) yesterday in Abuja said it would require N273 billion to conduct next year’s population census even as President Muhammadu Buhari directed government agencies to harmonise collection and usage of biometric data in the country, instead of replicating their efforts in this regard.

A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina said Buhari, gave the directive after receiving a briefing on the activities of the National Population Commission from the Chairman, Eze Duru Iheoma (SAN), who led other national commissioners to the Presidential Villa.

Thee statement said Buhari wondered why each agency would gather its own biometric data, when such data could easily be shared.
“It will be more cost effective if you work together. It helps even the credibility of the election process, as Nigerians of voting age can be identified easily,” the president said.

Government organisations that currently collect biometric data include the National Population Commission, National Identity Management Commission, Federal Road Safety Commission, Independent National Electoral Commission, among others.
The president added that all the agencies should collaborate with each other instead of going in different directions, stressing that adequate data was necessary for planning and development in any country.

Iheoma had earlier briefed the president on what would be required for the commission to conduct a national census next year, 10 years after the last exercise, as stipulated by the United Nations.

A national population census, the chairman said, would cost about N273 billion, while about N10 billion of the amount would be needed immediately.

He told the president that a biometric-based census was being proposed because it would eliminate multiple respondents, and ghost respondents, while making the outcome easy to audit.

Source: http://monitor9ja.com/2015/08/n273bn-required-for-2016-census/

hmm, I wish a southerner with integrity and fearlessness would be president during the census, cause this counting of all living things in the north must stop. been to the north before I don't see how big their population is that a state like kano is bigger in population than Lagos. the only thing the north has is land mass u can travel for 5km on the road in the north without seeing a single hut. the first step for true change by APC is to make this census thing right, for the first time in Nigeria. but with the way am seeing it. this government of the north would make sure the north gets a big advantage in the census.

Wow

How muci will be tinubu share from that money

Useless and wasteful census by Nigerian govt. At the end we dont know how many we are shameful.

buhari is right. They really need to share data, better than going seperate ways.

bonechamberlain:
hmm, I wish a southerner would be president during the census, cause this counting of all living things in the north must stop. been to the north before I don't see how big their population is that a state like kano is bigger in population than Lagos. the only thing the north has is land mass u can travel for 5km on the road in the north without seeing a single hut. the first step for true change by APC is to make this census thing right, for the first time in Nigeria. but with the way am seeing it. this government of the north would make sure the north gets a big advantage in the census.

who was the President during the March, 2006 election?
Is Obasanjo a northerner?

Moreover, you people come here to cite a long distance voyage as the reason to undermine the population of the northern part of the country, is land area not a determinant of population density again?
so you expect the North with that vast land area to be densly populated as the South of relatively small landmass?

I'm not supporting the false figures on the NPC data, but just setting things straight on the 'Marco polo' like reason undermining the northern population.

Please we don't need it
pump this money into our federal universities and improve them.. . They will yield better fruit


Or u can use this money to develop improved seeds on very important cash crops and distribut to farmers all over Nigeria

Please we don't need this now

Tolexander:
who was the President during the March, 2006 election?

Is Obasanjo a northerner?

obj was playing a northern script. they put him there, the coward was afraid to touch the north

bonechamberlain:
obj was playing a northern script. they put him there, the coward was afraid to touch the north

OBJ as strong and fierce as he was in his second term was playing a northerner stooge?

If OBJ was playing a northerner stooge, you think any other Southern President won't be worse?

bonechamberlain:
obj was playing a northern script. they put him there, the coward was afraid to touch the north

OBJ as strong and fierce as he was in his second term was playing a northern stooge?

If OBJ was playing a northern stooge, you think any other Southern President won't be worse?

Tolexander:
OBJ as strong and fierce as he was in his second term was playing a northerner stooge?

If OBJ was playing a northerner stooge, you think any other Southern President won't be worse?

strong and fierce how, was it by using the efcc to bulldozes perceived political enemies or by assassinating political opponents.

bonechamberlain:
strong and fierce how, was it by using the efcc to bulldozes perceived political enemies or by assassinating political opponents.

those you mentioned can be admitted as strength and fiery.

Which other Southern President was able to demonstrate that!