The Director-General, National Orientation Agency, Dr Garba Abari, has said that the 2023 National Population and Housing Census will be conducted digitally to ensure credibility and efficiency.
He made this known when he featured on the News Agency of
Nigeria Forum in Abuja on Sunday.
Abari, who is a member of the National Publicity and
Advocacy Committee on Census, said the exercise would be facilitated by the use
of digital technology, contrary to previous census conducted in the country.
He said, ‘’This is one census that is going to be different
from previous ones. To enhance the credibility of the exercise, this census is
going to be digital.
’In the house listing and numbering, the National Population
Commission has perfected the space and got the point much beyond what google
has done in the mapping.
‘’In terms of specificity and the correctness of the capture
of every house and hamlet in Nigeria, the NPC has gone far beyond what google
has done.
‘’We may not say that we are absolutely 100 per cent
correct, but 99 per cent of all houses, structures within the enclave of
Nigeria’s territory have been captured digitally, far beyond what google can
provide in terms of specificity.’’
The NOA boss explained that the digitisation of the exercise
would enhance credibility, ensure accurate data and respond to modern
technology, in line with global practice.
He said, ‘’Digitalisation will enhance the credibility
because there is a common template for the exercise and that is all that will
be sent to the cloud.”
He said previous census exercise was looked at from the
prism of one region was larger than the other; one state was bigger than
another, one local government was bigger than another, and one senatorial
district was bigger than another.
‘’And in the process, you miss out the most important
element of the programme, which is getting sufficient data for planning.”
He said the 2023 census would be a scientific census, a
digital census that would respond to the reality of today, respond to the
information and technological revolution; a census aimed at bringing in
credible, acceptable, open and transparent force.
NAN
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