The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25th 2023 Presidential election, Peter Obi, has commended the Federal Government’s decision to postpone the 2023 Population and Housing Census.
Obi, in a message on his Twitter handle, said FGN’s decision to postpone the 2023 Population and Housing Census, scheduled for 3-7 May 2023, to a date to be determined by the incoming Administration is a propitious and welcome development, adding that National Census is a critical development and nation-building tool.
“Even though Nigeria is long overdue for a census, conducting one requires proper planning and diligence to ensure the sanctity of the results; the efficacy of the data gathered therefrom, as well as their utility in driving national development goals, our living standards and growing national housing deficits,” Obi said.
Obi, however, hoped that when eventually the census is conducted, it will serve as confidence-building measures instead of being fraught with the usual controversy.
