The Federal Government has shifted the 2023 population and housing census earlier scheduled for March 29 to May 2023.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents shortly after the weekly Federal Executive Council Meeting, FEC.
He explained that the decision was necessitated by the rescheduling of the governorship elections from March 11 to March 18.
According to him, Executive Council (FEC) has also approved 2.8 billion naira for the procurement of software for the National Population Commission for the conduct of the National Exercise.
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