Tinubu eyes fresh national census, set to constitute committee

President Bola Tinubu has disclosed plans by his administration to conduct a fresh national population and housing census with biometric and digital components.

To this end, the President is making plans to set up a Presidential Committee to facilitate the exercise.

The last time the nation held a census was in November 2006.

President Tinubu, disclosed the information when he met with the National Population Commission, NPC, officials.

He said he would set up a committee to align the census budget to the government’s present financial realities, noting that the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, must be part of the review.

“We must ascertain who we are, how many we are, and how to manage our data. Without an accurate census, we can’t successfully plan for employment, agriculture, and food sovereignty. So many problems come up without accurate data”, President Tinubu said.