The NPC Census 2023 date is still on hold after being moved from May 3, 2023, until further notice by former President Buhari. The NPC commissioner says that a new date will be announced by the new president, Bola Ahmad Tinubu.
On Friday, June 2, 2023, Mr. Darlington Okereke, NPC’s Federal Commissioner in Ebony State, said that the new date for the census would be determined by the Federal Government.
Okereke made a statement at the gathering that they called the one-day Breakfast Meeting for Media Executives in Abakaliki, as reported by Daily Post.
“We also gathered to enlighten you on the next steps forward in the light of the postponement of the conduct by the former President,”
“We have conducted recruitment and training of census field staff, procurement, and configuration of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), the establishment of ICT infrastructures and logistics support, advocacy, and publicity activities.
“The most important task before the commission is to sustain and reinforce the relevance of these activities to the successful conduct of the 2023 census,” Okereke stated.
NPC Census 2023 Postponement
The NPC Census 2023 has been postponed from May 3, 2023, to a new date that will be announced by the next administration. The National Population Commission released a press statement on April 28, 2023, regarding this postponement.
The NPC announced that former President Buhari has approved the postponement of the Nigeria NPC Census 2023, which was originally scheduled to take place from May 3 to May 7.
This latest news comes as NPC applicants patiently await the new date for NPC training for enumerators and supervisors, which was previously scheduled to start on Thursday, April 13, 2023.
