2023 Census: NPC Trains Journalists and Seeks Census Collaboration
Grace Ebo
Ahead of the 2023 National Population and Housing Census, the National Population Commission (NPC) sought support and collaboration from the Ebonyi State media.
Journalists got the call during a one-day capacity-building workshop aimed at equipping selected journalists with the necessary tools for effective reporting.
The event was organized by the Commission and was held at the Osborne La Palm Abakaliki Hotel.
The Honorable Federal Commissioner representing Ebonyi State on the Commission, Darlington Okereke, who declared the workshop open on behalf of the National Chairperson of the Commission, Nasir Isa Kwara, highlighted the level of preparatory activities of the Commission.
He described the results of the enumeration area demarcation as both resounding and reassuring, however.
Okereke described the media as a very important sector needed to ensure the cooperation and support of other stakeholders, through effective communication for the success of the census process, added that the census is a national event that confers Every citizen has the responsibility to participate by presenting themselves to be counted.
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"I am pleased to inform you that the results of the preparatory activities for the 2023 Population and Housing Census have been reassuring and resounding.
"The Commission has successfully demarcated 774 LGAs in all Federation and FCT states.
“The Commission also conducted the first and second pre-test exercises to test the census instruments.
"The trial census was also carried out in July 2022 to test our instruments and our preparation for the 2023 population and housing census".
He further noted that the Commission is on track in its mission to provide an accurate census to Nigerians, and that a strategic partnership with the media will form the tripod on which the census architecture will be based to achieve the Nigerian people.< /p>
Furthermore, the Ebonyi State Director of the National Population Commission, Mrs. Julia Nneka Manyike, noted that the workshop was aimed at enhancing journalists' understanding of the application of basic concepts in the census.
She then revealed that the Commission would train for deployment a total of 786,741 civil servants for the 2023 census, including 623,797 enumerators, 125,944 supervisors, 24,001 data quality assistants, 12,000 field coordinators, 1 000 data quality managers, 1,639 training center administrators and 59,000 local government facilitators across the country.
Meanwhile, State HOD, Department of Public Affairs, Ms. Nwakaego Nwachukwu; the HOD, Census, Ms. Leticia Onyeji and the HOD Technical, Mr. George Nwankwegu, took the participants on various topics ranging from the history of the census in Nigeria to the technological innovations of the 2023 Population and Housing Census. /p>
The President of the Union of Journalists of Nigeria, Ebonyi State, Comrade Tony Nwizi, in his goodwill message, appreciated the initiative of the Commission, describing it as appropriate.
Nwizi, also attending the event, pledged the support of state journalists to enable the commission to succeed in its mandate.
He advised his colleagues to operate with zeal and in accordance with the etiquette and codes of principles guiding the media profession, with an emphasis on development journalism above sentiment.
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Ahead of the 2023 National Population and Housing Census, the National Population Commission (NPC) sought support and collaboration from the Ebonyi State media.
Journalists got the call during a one-day capacity-building workshop aimed at equipping selected journalists with the necessary tools for effective reporting.
The event was organized by the Commission and was held at the Osborne La Palm Abakaliki Hotel.
The Honorable Federal Commissioner representing Ebonyi State on the Commission, Darlington Okereke, who declared the workshop open on behalf of the National Chairperson of the Commission, Nasir Isa Kwara, highlighted the level of preparatory activities of the Commission.
He described the results of the enumeration area demarcation as both resounding and reassuring, however.
Okereke described the media as a very important sector needed to ensure the cooperation and support of other stakeholders, through effective communication for the success of the census process, added that the census is a national event that confers Every citizen has the responsibility to participate by presenting themselves to be counted.
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"I am pleased to inform you that the results of the preparatory activities for the 2023 Population and Housing Census have been reassuring and resounding.
"The Commission has successfully demarcated 774 LGAs in all Federation and FCT states.
“The Commission also conducted the first and second pre-test exercises to test the census instruments.
"The trial census was also carried out in July 2022 to test our instruments and our preparation for the 2023 population and housing census".
He further noted that the Commission is on track in its mission to provide an accurate census to Nigerians, and that a strategic partnership with the media will form the tripod on which the census architecture will be based to achieve the Nigerian people.< /p>
Furthermore, the Ebonyi State Director of the National Population Commission, Mrs. Julia Nneka Manyike, noted that the workshop was aimed at enhancing journalists' understanding of the application of basic concepts in the census.
She then revealed that the Commission would train for deployment a total of 786,741 civil servants for the 2023 census, including 623,797 enumerators, 125,944 supervisors, 24,001 data quality assistants, 12,000 field coordinators, 1 000 data quality managers, 1,639 training center administrators and 59,000 local government facilitators across the country.
Meanwhile, State HOD, Department of Public Affairs, Ms. Nwakaego Nwachukwu; the HOD, Census, Ms. Leticia Onyeji and the HOD Technical, Mr. George Nwankwegu, took the participants on various topics ranging from the history of the census in Nigeria to the technological innovations of the 2023 Population and Housing Census. /p>
The President of the Union of Journalists of Nigeria, Ebonyi State, Comrade Tony Nwizi, in his goodwill message, appreciated the initiative of the Commission, describing it as appropriate.
Nwizi, also attending the event, pledged the support of state journalists to enable the commission to succeed in its mandate.
He advised his colleagues to operate with zeal and in accordance with the etiquette and codes of principles guiding the media profession, with an emphasis on development journalism above sentiment.
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