2023 census to be digitalized – FG

The Federal Government says it would digitalize the planned 2023 census, according to its information and culture minister, Lai Mohammed.

Garba Abari, the director-general of the National Orientation Agency, said this when he represented the minister at the three-day capacity-building workshop on the 2023 Population and Housing Census for State Directors and Management Staff of the agency.

“The idea of a digital census being pursued by the NPC and the assiduous plans by the commission towards the 2023 national census is indeed a novelty that must be commended. This is because it allows us to deploy technology towards addressing national development concerns.

“The idea is to ensure the exercise is credible, fair and inclusive. The digital census being planned is what is expected at a time when our world is being increasingly digitalised. I commend the commission and I want to urge you to give Nigeria a transparent census exercise,’ he said.

In his opinion, Nasir Kwarra, The Chairman of the National Population Commission, said the NOA and the NPC needed to collaborate to educate Nigerians against perceiving the census wrongly.

“We require solid collaboration in information, enlightenment, and advocacy not only to mobilise the entire populace for the 2023 Population and Housing Census but also to help to clarify possible misrepresentation and misperception that are bound to occur in the process.”