Gov Ganduje pledges support for credible census

By Sola Omoniyi, Lagos

The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has promised to support the National Population Commission (NPC) to ensure the conduct of an accurate and reliable census in the state.

Ganduje disclosed this in Kano during a courtesy visit by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and members of the National Population and Housing Census Awareness Committee.

Mohammed was represented in the visit by Dr Garba Abari, Director-General, National Orientation Agency (NOA).

“Kano state government would work with relevant stakeholders to mobilize participation in the exercise”, the governor said.

According to him, the upcoming census will provide a good foundation that the Bureau of Statistics (NBS) can build upon to do more accurate surveys in the future.

‘’Kano State Government believes in the use of data, we don’t like policy making in the dark. And the only way that we can improve the policy making capability is through the good use of data.

“We have not had a census since 2006, all the numbers that we have are out-of-date, or from international organisations. Many of which we found, were also guessing,’’ he said.

He pledged government support and cooperation of the people of the state to the census publicly committee to facilitate successful conduct of the exercise.

The National Population and Housing Census is billed to begin on May 3.
[14/04, 12:52 pm] Japheth Okpoze: Kano Governor, Ganduje pledges support for credible census

By Sola Omoniyi, Lagos

The executive governor of Kano state, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has promised to support the National Population Commission (NPC) to ensure the conduct of an accurate and reliable census in the state.

Ganduje stated this in Kano during a courtesy visit by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and members of the National Population and Housing Census Awareness Committee.

Mohammed was represented in the visit by Dr Garba Abari, Director-General of, National Orientation Agency (NOA).

“Kano state government would work with relevant stakeholders to mobilize participation in the exercise,” the governor said.

According to him, the upcoming census will provide a good foundation that the Bureau of Statistics (NBS) can build upon to do more accurate surveys in the future.

‘’Kano State Government believes in the use of data, we don’t like policy making in the dark. And the only way that we can improve the policy-making capability is through the good use of data.

“We have not had a census since 2006, all the numbers that we have are out-of-date, or from international organisations. Many of which we found, were also guessing,’’ he said.

He pledged government support and cooperation of the people of the state to the census publicly committee to facilitate the successful conduct of the exercise.

The National Population and Housing Census is billed to begin on May 3.