Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the last election Mr Peter Obi has said the decision of the Federal Government to postpone the 2023 Population and Housing Census is a welcome development
The postponement of the census scheduled for 3-7 May 2023 was announced by Minister of Information Alhaji Lai Muhammed on Saturday.
Obi in a statement posted via his tweeter said shifting the census to a date to be determined by the incoming Administration is a propitious and welcome development.
He opinned that National Census is a critical development and nation-building tool
“Even though Nigeria is long overdue for a census, conducting one requires proper planning and diligence to ensure the sanctity of the results; the efficacy of the data gathered therefrom, as well as their utility in driving national development goals”
” Our living standards and growing national housing deficits. It is hoped that when eventually the census is conducted, it will serve as confidence-building measures instead of being fraught with the usual controversy’He concluded
