The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has announced the postponement of the 2023 population and housing census earlier scheduled for March 29 to May 2023.
FEC also approved 2.8 billion naira for the procurement of software for the National Population Commission (NPC) for the conduct of the National Census in May 2023.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed disclosed this in his briefing to state-house correspondents after the FEC meeting on Wednesday in Abuja.
He explained that the decision was necessitated by the rescheduling of the governorship elections from March 11 to March 18.
He added, “They (National Population Commission) sought the council’s approval for a contract to procure software for the census at N2.8bn”.