The federal government has moved the Population and Housing Census from March 29 to May 2023.
This declaration was made by Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday at the State House in Abuja, which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
He said the decision to reschedule was necessitated by last week’s decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reschedule the Governorship and Houses of Assembly elections to March 18.
He also said 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.
