Follwoing the conclusion of training of field officials for the trial census, National Population Commission (NPC) has begun fieldwork, which runs from July 13 to 30, across selected Enumeration Areas (EAs), and Local Government Areas (LGAs) and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT.)

NPC’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr Isiaka Yahaya, in a statement, yesterday, in Abuja, said the deal, also known as ‘census dress rehearsal’, is one of the pre-census activities to evaluate all aspects of the exercise before the main event on a limited scale.

“It is a process in which all census operations are tested in a detailed and comprehensive manner to assess the level of preparedness of the commission to conduct the 2023 population and housing census.”