
The Senate, on Tuesday,
urged President Muhammadu Buhari to issue a proclamation for holding of
a population and housing census in 2018 and also release adequate funds
for the conduct of the exercise.
Hunkuyi,
noted that the delay in the issuance of a proclamation by President
Buhari and the poor release of funds to the National Population
Commission (NPC), were major setbacks.
“It
is only pertinent that subsequent population census should be carried
out within an adequate timing and an objective of conducting an
acceptable exercise.
“Secretary
to the Government of the Federation (SGF), the NPC, Ministry of Budget
and National Planning and any supervising agencies must make adequate
provision in the 2018 budget as a critical prerequisite to achieving the
2017/2018 population census,” he added.
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