The Federal Government has urged Nigerians to make themselves available for the National Population and Housing Census billed to begin on May, 3..
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the call at a Town Hall meeting in Kano, organised by the National Publicity Committee on the census.
The Minister, represented by the Director-General, National Orientation Agency, NOA, Dr Garba Abari, said that the census was aimed at collating data for effective national planning.
He dismissed insinuations that the census questionnaire would ascertain the religion of respondents as falsely portrayed on some social media platforms.
Alhaji Mohammed insisted that the data obtained were solely for national planning and development purposes as well as help in improving the nation’s security architecture.
The Minister added that the publicity committee was working hard to tackle fake news and misinformation about the exercise.
