By Folarin Kehinde
The National Population Commission (NPC) has stressed the importance of a credible, technology-driven Population and Housing Census, saying Nigeria cannot effectively plan or allocate resources without accurate population data.
The Chairman of the Commission, Dr Aminu Yusuf, stated this in Abuja during a press briefing ahead of the 2026 World Population Day.
Yusuf said a technology-based census was essential for evidence-driven planning, especially given Nigeria’s youthful population profile.
“We cannot plan for a population we do not accurately count,” he said.
