•Speaker Tajudddeen Abbas The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has stated that Nigeria’s population and Housing Census must be held this year. The Speaker, during a courtesy visit to his office by officials of the National Population Commission (NPC), stated that it would be difficult to hold the exercise in 2026 due [&...
•Chairman, National Population Commission, Nasir Kwarra The Chairman of the National Population Commission, Nasir Kwarra, has announced plans to conduct Nigeria’s population and housing census in 2025, nearly two decades after the last census in 2006. He made this known during the 2024 anniversary of the Nairobi Summit on the International Con...
The House of Representatives has directed its Committee on Population to investigate how the N200 billion was spent on the suspended 2023 population and housing census. The committee is to report back within four weeks for further legislative action, reports Daily Trust. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep Clement Akanni at the [&hel...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the National Population Commission (NPC) to release details of spending on the aborted 2023 Population Census to an Abuja-based lawyer, Opatola Victor within seven days. Justice Ekwo issued the order while delivering judgment in a suit instituted against the population commissi...
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