Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC) Nasir Kwarra on Tuesday December 8, announced that the country’s population figure is now officially 206 million.
Kwarra said the figure was arrived with projections as the exact population cannot be known without a census. With a population of 206 million, it means Nigeria’s population increased by 8 million in two years.
He said;
“Planning for the census is anchored on the EAD as the basis for estimating both the human and material resources required for the census. In essence, the success of a credible and accurate census depends very much on the quality and reliability of the EAD.
Kwarra further explained that the EAD exercise is not the enumeration of persons living in the country but a preparatory exercise before the census. He said the NPC would be assisting the Independent National Electoral Commission to create digitised maps of INEC registration areas for the first time as part of the EAD.
He added;
“Also, personal data assistants (handheld devices/tablets) that include computer software for population estimation are being used for data capture.”
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