A financial expert, Samuel Nzekwe has called the Federal Government to deepen efforts toward conducting a population census that would facilitate a sustainable national planning.
Nzekwe, who was a former President, Association of National Accountants of Nigeria, ANAN, gave the advice in an interview with reporters Ogun state. According to him, the conduct of population census in the country was long overdue as the last time the nation conducted the exercise was 15 years ago.
He also noted that failure to conduct a census had led to the population commission estimating the country’s total population.
The former ANAN President further said the country needed to determine the total population size, which would have immediate solution to the problem of unemployment, welfare of the aged and provision of social infrastructure for the populace.
It would be recalled that the last population census was conducted in the country in 2006 with Nigeria population then standing at 142.5million. The census ideally should be conducted every 10 years.
