2023 Census Will Be Digital- NOA Boss

National Orientation Agency boss, Dr. Garba Abari has stated that the 2023 census will be conducted digitally to ensure credibility and efficiency.

This was disclosed when NOA Boss was featured on the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja on Sunday.

Furthermore, the NOA boss explained that the digitization of the census exercise would enhance credibility, ensure accurate data and respond to modern technology, in line with global practice.

Contrary to the previous census conducted in the country, Abari said that this census is going to be a different one as it is going to be digital.

In addition, he said the 2023 census would be a scientific census, a digital census that would respond to the reality of today, respond to the information and technological revolution; a census aimed at bringing in credible, acceptable, open, and transparent force.

Unlike the previous census that focuses the prism of one region was larger than the other; one state was bigger than another, one local government was bigger than another, and one senatorial district was bigger than another.

In this process, the most important element of the program, which is getting sufficient data for planning will be focused on.

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Also, he said that in the house listing and numbering, the National Population Commission has perfected the space and got the point much beyond what google has done in the mapping.

Additionally, in terms of specificity and the correctness of the capture of every house and hamlet in Nigeria, the NPC has gone far beyond what google has done.

‘’We may not say that we are absolutely 100 percent correct, but 99 percent of all houses, and structures within the enclave of Nigeria’s territory have been captured digitally, far beyond what google can provide in terms of specificity.’’ He added.

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