Nigeria 2016 Census to Cost N273bn

                         

National Population Commission said on Monday that the 2016 National census will cost Nigeria N276bn,
This came as President Mohammadu Buhari has charged the Commission, National Identity Management Commission, Federal Road Safety Commission, Independent National Electoral Commission, among others to ensure the harmony of the biometric data of all Nigerians.


Buhari who gave the charge after receiving a briefing on the activities of the National Population Commission from the Chairman, Eze Duru Iheoma (SAN), who led other National Commissioners to the Presidential Villa, President Buhari wondered why each agency would gather its own biometric data, when such data could easily be shared. the harmonized system would cut cost and also give credibility to the country’s electoral process. Buhari said 

Earlier, Eze Duru Iheoma told the President that about N273 billion would be required for the commission to conduct a national census next year, 10 years after the last exercise, as stipulated by the United Nations, saying that about N10 billion of the amount would be needed immediately.

He told the President that a biometric-based census was being proposed, stressing that it would eliminate multiple respondents, ghost respondents and make the outcome easy to audit.