The Home of Representatives has commenced investigation into the N200 billion meant for the suspended 2023 Inhabitants and Housing Census.
On Thursday, the Home mandated its committee on inhabitants to ask the director-general of the Nationwide Inhabitants Fee, NPC, to offer an account of how the N200 billion was expended.
This adopted the adoption of a movement titled, “Have to Examine N200 Billion Spent on the Suspended 2023 Inhabitants and Housing Census”, moved by Hon Clement Akanni throughout the Home plenary in Abuja.
Adopting the movement, the Home famous that census is a means of systematically amassing, compiling, and analysing demographic, social and financial knowledge of a inhabitants inside a selected area.
The lawmakers additionally famous that governments conduct censuses to collect correct and complete info equivalent to age, intercourse, marital standing, schooling, occupation, housing, and different related demographic and socioeconomic traits of a rustic.
The Home mentioned it was conscious that the final census that was carried out in 2006 by the Nationwide Inhabitants Fee gave a inhabitants determine of 140 million.
It mentioned it was additionally conscious that the immediate-past administration of former President, Muhammadu Buhari deliberate to conduct one other census in 2022, however the programme was later postponed to 2023.
The Home recalled that earlier in March 2023 the previous Minister of State for Finances and Nationwide Planning, Clem Agba, mentioned a complete of N869 Billion can be required for the train, together with Submit-Census-Actions.
It additionally recalled that the Nationwide Inhabitants Fee, NPC, mentioned it has spent about 200 Billion to organize for the 2023 inhabitants and housing census.
The Home was disturbed that the train was, nevertheless, suspended indefinitely by former President Muhammadu Buhari just a few days earlier than leaving workplace.
The Home referred the matter to the committee on inhabitants to report again for additional deliberation.
