The Plateau Coordinator for the Pre-Test Exercise of the next population and housing census, Mrs Sa’idu Salimu, has called for support from residents to ensure its success.
The coordinator made the call in Jos at a news briefing.
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She said, “We want to solicit for support, in as much as we have support already from the state government, local government, and even communities, I want to solicit for more support.
“This is to ensure that at the end of it, we have quality data for developmental purposes in Nigeria.”
The coordinator said the exercise had taken off smoothly in the enumeration areas following advocacy visits by officials before their arrival.
She explained that the pre-test which was ongoing nationwide from June 6 to 13, was to test the reliability of all instruments in preparation for the main census.
The Director of NPC in Plateau, Mr Pam Deme, said the test would be conducted in Jos South and Mikan LGAs.
