NANS Seeks Credible, Hitch-free Census

Leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on students and other critical stakeholders to give the needed support to the National Population Commission (NPC) to enable it carry out a hitch-free 2023 national census.

The vice-president, national affairs of NANS, Comrade Victor Ezenagu, who briefed newsmen yesterday in Abuja, urged students to remain calm as the exercise would not require migration from one place to another to be counted.

“It’s imperative we state that there is no need of migration by Nigerian students and the general public in order to be captured during the 2023 exercise, as the process is designed to ensure that everybody is counted at his or her various convenient zone in the nooks and crannies of Nigeria at large,” Ezenagu stated.

Speaking on the importance of the national census, NANS said the database would not only help the incoming administration in strengthening the economy of the country but would also be used for efficient education policy making and allocation of funds for the development of education in Nigeria

Ezenagu commended  President Muhammadu Buhari for his support in making sure the census becomes a reality as a matter of urgency, all in the interest of a national unity,” he said.