FG Postpones Population Census To May

The Federal Government has postponed the 2023 population census to May 2023.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, made this known in Abuja at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)

According to the minister, the decision to shift the census was necessitated by the postponement of the gubernatorial and state assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from March 11 to March 18.

He also disclosed that the council approved N2.8 billion for the National Population Commission (NPC) to procure some software to be used for the conduct of the census.