The National Population Commission has requested for an additional N225.2bn for it to conduct a hitch-free national population and housing census in the country.
NPC Chairman, Nasir Isa Kwarra, who tabled the request on Thursday while briefing the President about the activities of the Commission at the State House, Abuja, made the request to cover training and fieldwork allowances, retraining of trainers, and the conduct of a second-class Trial Census.
According to a release issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Mr Dele Alake, President Tinubu, while receiving the NPC team noted that population in the urban centres across the country have continued to escalate as a result of the extreme poverty and unemployment in the rural areas.
He also pledged his unwavering support for the Commission in its task to conduct an accurate census exercise.
The President, who will personally come up with new dates for the national population and housing census that was postponed last April emphasized the need for the commission to be prudent in its assignment and work towards producing census data that would be credible and reliable.
