Ahmad Hamisu Gwale
There is no allocation in the 2024 budget proposal for the population and housing census scheduled for next year.
The Independent Mirror reported that the Chairman of the Senate Committee on National Population Commission, Senator Abdul Ningi, disclosed this On Tuesday while submitting his panel’s report on the 2024 budget to the joint National Assembly Committee on Appropriations.
He told his colleagues that there was no provision for the exercise in the National Population Commission’s budget proposal, which was submitted to the parliament for consideration.
He informed the committee that if the money for the census was not provided for in the budget, the country would lose about N200 billion which has been spent by the commission in preparation for the exercise.
The Chairman of the Joint National Assembly Committee on Appropriations, Senator Solomon Adeola, assured that the federal parliament would look for funds for the 2024 population census in the budget.
Daily Trust
