2023 Population and Housing Census
2023 Population and Housing Census
2023 Ad-hoc E-Recruitment

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ABOUT THE CENSUS

WHAT IS THE CENSUS?
A census is the procedure of systematically calculating, acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common …
CENSUS 2023 RESULTS
The 2023 Census will be Nigeria’s first Digital Census and will change how the Census is being conducted in Nigeria before now. This approach started with the demarcation of enumeration areas covering the entire territorial space of Nigeria using....
THE PREVIOUS CENSUS
Nigeria has a long history of census takings spanning over a century. The first census was conducted in 1866 and this was followed by Censuses of 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901. However, all these earlier censuses were restricted to Lagos Colony...

PLANNING FOR CENSUS 2023

A Population and Housing Census (PHC) is of great relevance to the economic, political, and socio-cultural planning of a country. Reliable and detailed data on the size, structure, distribution, and socio-economic and demographic characteristics of a country’s population is required for policy intervention and monitoring of development goals. The 2023 census will be digital therefore increasing the accuracy of data. For the Census, electronic forms hosted in Personal Digital Assistant devices will be used to capture information on all buildings, households, and persons in the EA.

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