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Nigeria Moves Closer to Fresh Census, President Tinubu to Set Up Committee

Nigeria took a step closer on Monday to conducting a new national population and housing census with biometric and digital components. The nation last held a census in November 2006.

President Bola Tinubu, at a meeting at the Statehouse with officials of the National Population Commission (NPC), said he would set up a committee to align the census budget to the government’s present financial realities.

He said the National Identity Management Commission(NIMC) must be part of the review.

“We must ascertain who we are, how many we are, and how to manage our data. Without an accurate census, we can’t successfully plan for employment, agriculture, and food sovereignty. So many problems come up without accurate data”, President Tinubu said.

He reiterated his commitment to ensuring accurate and reliable figures from the national census to strengthen development planning and improve Nigerians’ living conditions through more efficient social security.

The National Population Commission (NPC) Chairman, Nasir Isa Kwarra, and some other briefed the President.

President Tinubu noted that government incentives, such as the sale and distribution of fertilisers, could be easily improved with more reliable data and demographics.

The President told the delegation that biometric capturing should be central to the process, with multiple identification features, including facial and voice recognition.

“We should work on our financial muscle well in place to lift our burden before we go and meet development partners for the census. We should work out the figures before discussing the role of development partners.

“This stop-and-go activity on the census cannot work with me. So we better have a definite path. I will set up a committee for you to look at the issues critically and do a source and application of resources. Where can we get help, and what can we lift before we embark on proclamation?

The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Sen. Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, said the census data would be central to future planning and resource distribution.

“At a retreat for the ministers in 2023, Mr President, you reiterated your commitment to the census, so there is no doubt about your desire and commitment to have the census. In fact, at the last Federal Executive Council meeting, you asked me what the problem was, and I told you it was simply an issue of lack of ability to fund the census.

“Even today, before this meeting, I called the NPC Chairman and restated your commitment to the census. However, the commission and all of us in the team need to agree on the minimum amount we can source to Mr President in making the final decision.

“The NPC indicated that 40 per cent of the funding for the 2006 census came from development partners,” Bagudu stated.

Bagudu noted that the enumeration done by NPC so far has been helpful.

“Mr President, we have been having ecosystem meetings to link the identity agencies, even the geo-spatial chaired by the ministry, because of our mandate as the supervising ministry of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). So the NPC, NBS, NIMC, Ministry Of Digital Economy, port, social , voters , and even telecoms data have been meeting with the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) to see how much is available to the government regarding data and how much optimisation can take place.”

In his presentation, NPC chairman Kwarra said the last census took place in 2006, and 19 years later, the figures were no longer relevant in planning, particularly for key sectors that directly impact the population.

He said 760,000 tablets had been acquired and stored with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), assuring the commission would engage with development partners to seek whenever President Tinubu proclaimed the new census.

Bayo Onanuga

Special Adviser to the President

(Information & Strategy)

February 24, 2025

https://statehouse.gov.ng/news/nigeria-moves-closer-to-fresh-census-president-tinubu-to-set-up-committee/

Ok
Good idea only if it will save cost.

New technology that cannot guarantee a credible election, how will it produce a credible census?


Dey play.

Baba is cooking.
I still believe our population is not correct.
No way Nigeria is up to 200m
This reason why we have inflated numbers is because of money sharing formula.

MightySparrow:
New technology that cannot guarantee a credible election, how will it produce a credible census?


Dey play.

2023 was best elections we ever had since 1999.

Saywhat10:
In a strategic move to modernize Nigeria’s demographic data infrastructure, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has initiated plans for a comprehensive, technology-driven national census. This initiative aims to provide accurate, real-time population data, ensuring precise policymaking, efficient resource allocation, and sustainable national development
https://www.9jarep.site/2025/02/president-tinubu-set-to-launch-digital.html

Tinubu making moves against the over bloated northern population, he is preparing for 2027

Daddyk87:

2023 was best elections we ever had since 1999.

How?

MightySparrow:


How?

I don't know how old are you, but based on experience we have had since 1999. You'll know we have really progress if you know where Nigeria was coming from in electoral matter.

Noted.

Nigeria my Nigeria. A country that could not conduct digital elections now wants to conduct digital census.

They hate the truth and it's just sad. Digital elections would have nearly 60 million voters out of the eligible voters decide who was our president. Okay, we use iRev then INEC wrecked it. In 2019 it was server, in 2023 they just did it without fear. You have lost the trust of the people. Even if it is manual, our people know how to manipulate numbers with artifical wives and children. Nigeria my Nigeria, a country where Mike Tyson was an eligible voter.

Nigeria my Nigeria. The Christian thinks he is better than the Muslim, the Muslim thinks he is holier than the Christian. The ethnic groups think the other people are the problems but they are all in this together. They hide under the cover to deceive their people. Corrupt people who love happy lies and hate sad truth.

Nigeria my Nigeria. A country that has NIN, National ID but you still need state IDs because we like manipulation. One time, National ID card was acceptable, then they changed it and said you only need NIN.

Nigeria my Nigeria. They forced us to do BVN but we cannot still track kidnappers and thieves.

Nigeria my Nigeria. They say we have a digital port. Maybe Tunji Ojo should do the census. He seems to be the only one so far that wants to use technology to solve the problem. :-

Only when Nigerians are ready to put country above person will this country grow.

Digital?

Oshey.
This is Good, make we count using Tech and no how many be our number.
Days of manual counting don dey .

Yawn

I thought as much.

Finally, a southerner has got the boldness to move finally against the north. That "cho cho cho" ElRufai is doing around is about to stop. I know that only a Yoruba man can do it.

Machineries from neigboring countries and underage voting are about to be a thing of the past.

See eh! The north will initiate the split of Nigeria this time around. I have written about this again and again..the day the Yoruba says damn Nigeria, that's the day we are splitting. And it seems the Yorubas are ready to force the north to say let us split. Yoruba will not say it, but will do what the north will take action so that the north will be blamed for it. Igbos have been knocked out severely and severally, so they sabi Yoruba very well. Even Reno Omokri Sabi dem well well. You better align with those smartie Yorubas. Dem too much.

Daddyk87:
I don't know how old are you, but based on experience we have had since 1999. You'll know we have really progress if you know where Nigeria was coming from in electoral matter.

progress how?

Good but I trust our Naughty brethren to open borders to bring in their closest cousins to manipulate the process

papyjaypaul:
Nigeria my Nigeria. A country that could not conduct digital elections now wants to conduct digital census

I guess we couldn't conduct digital elections cos your agulu fraud lost

But if he wins then u will applaud the system, typical Igbo.

It's only good if he wins

Daddyk87:
I don't know how old are you, but based on experience we have had since 1999. You'll know we have really progress if you know where Nigeria was coming from in electoral matter.

Best election with the inec chairman flown to Lagos and lodged in ikoyi lol


Just dey play 😂

Ok

Daddyk87:

2023 was best elections we ever had since 1999.

It was supposed to be the best.
But we were Mahmouded by highneck.

Saywhat10:


https://statehouse.gov.ng/news/nigeria-moves-closer-to-fresh-census-president-tinubu-to-set-up-committee/

As Tinubu is gradually loosing favour with the North he has decided to try to clean up the northern data so that they won't use their joker against him to vote him out come 2027.

We shall see.

The end is near.

Tinubu has shown and proved me right that evil can never change its face.

This thief and drug lord belongs to an evil coven thereby meting out cruel punishment on this country and even his Yoruba people are not enjoying this so called emilokan.


God of Israel, please raise a good leader for your nation and let your name be known all over the world.

Make Judah great again.

Area boy 😂😂 according to someone

Another avenue for looting spree

Only a brilliant mind can come up with such ideas and be bold enough to implement them and create a pathway for a greater future

President Bola Tinubu is the best Nigeria ever had

100% correct

Daddyk87:

2023 was best elections we ever had since 1999.

Urgent1Million:

It was supposed to be the best.
But we were Mahmouded by highneck.

That election was still the best. The only problem is that politicians may take advantage of its loopholes in 2027 since Wike and his likes weren't punished for rewriting election results. That's why I keep saying that no party can win presidential elections outside APC and PDP. Others are just wasting their time.

Factcheck0001:
I guess we couldn't conduct digital elections cos your agulu fraud lost

But if he wins then u will applaud the system, typical Igbo.

It's only good if he wins

Anyone who thinks like a tribesman is an idiot. In this few years of mine, I'm old to know that good and bad people are everywhere, regardless of tribe and religion. This I have seen and experienced. All of those people who want you to groupthink and point fingers like to do so because they don't want you to see their faults.

It was Atedo Peterside that reminded Nigerians that the 93 elections were our first digital elections. Who annuled it? Igbo, Yoruba or Hausa? Who was the INEC chair? Who was the winner?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tTFyo8CR2I

If you like be my brother or sister, if you do wrong I'll call it out. I have a life outside this forum, you can keep winning on the internet for your favorite politician. Goodluck.

Daddyk87:
I don't know how old are you, but based on experience we have had since 1999. You'll know we have really progress if you know where Nigeria was coming from in electoral matter.

How can you say 2023 was the best? An election that server was not working on the day of the election, or electoral cases that refused to recognize IREV, or is it the result that were not ed on IREV, or the results sheet that's had so many cancelation? I want to know. I am not saying Tinubu did not win election and no candidate actually won it because all of them rigged in there strong hold but all I am saying is don't say this was the best election ever.

Hope cows will not be counted this time