News broke out on several media claiming that the Federal Government has postponed the National Census.
The claim is true, here’s what we know
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed announced that the 2023 population and housing census earlier scheduled for March 29 has been shifted to May 2023.
He also said that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved 2.8 billion naira for the procurement of software for the National Population Commission for the conduct of the National Census.
He spoke immediately after the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja on Wednesday March 15, 2023.
Mohammed explained that the decision was necessitated by the rescheduling of the governorship elections from March 11 to March 18.
Conclusion
The Minister of Information as an executive and authoritative source of the federal Government made the announcement, therefore the claim is true. Census will not longer hold fro. March 29 but in May.
