The National Population Commission, NPC, has ruled out the possibility of conducting the forthcoming trial census in bandit-prone areas of Niger State.
Despite this decision, the commission has picked only nine local
government areas it assumed were safe for the trial census which will
begin on July 27 and end on 30.
The Federal Commissioner in Charge of Niger State, Mohammed
Dattijo Usman, state at a news conference in Minna yesterday that the
trial census would hold in Edati, Katcha, Mokwa, Bosso, Gurara, Tafa
Agwara, Borgu, and Wushishi effectively sidelining Shiroro, Rafi and
Munya LGAs, which are most prone to terrorists attacks in the state.
On a national scale the Federal Commissioner disclosed that full
enumeration would take place in one local government area of
Adamawa, Katsina, Nasarawa, Ogun Anambra and Bayelsa States.
Usman disclosed that not less than 7,728 enumeration areas have been
selected for the trial census to test run suitability and readiness for the
actual census in 2023.
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