2022 Census: Governors Will Support NPC – Fayemi

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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor and Chairman Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, has assured the National Population Commission (NPC), of the preparedness of government at the sub-national level to support the conduct of 2022 national population census, saying that the exercise is necessary to the socio-economic index of the country.

Fayemi disclosed this , when the Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Alhaji Nasir Isa Kwarra led Southwest Federal Commissioners and some principal officers in the commission on advocacy paid him a courtesy visit at the Governor’s office in Ado Ekiti.

Governor Fayemi stated that the exercise is of prime importance to the Governors and would be given the necessary support to ensure that the process is conducted scientifically to avoid manipulation and human error.

He said: “Let me say this on behalf of all my colleagues in the Governors forum that this is a matter of interest to us and it is not one that we would like to see subjected to the usual tales of how well you behaved in your state should determine the figures that comes up, this should be a scientific exercise in every way possible.

“As per the other issues you raised, sensitization, mobilization, provision of security, accommodation logistics for effective deployment of your personnel, I believe all of the governors would be interested in assisting as much as possible in all of these areas because for us this is an assignment that we take very seriously and it is one that is in the overall interest of our country.

“We brandish figures around too much in this country, nothing concretes, even countries that are bigger than us, that are more complex than us do hold their population census routinely, so there is no reason we should not be able to do this as a matter of course in Nigeria and I know that the President would be very supportive of this assignment as we all will be at our own level at the subnational level.

“Whatever you think we have to do to accomplish this task when we are here, we will do it.”