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Census In Nigeria Politicised Since 1963- Masari
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari has lamented the trend of census politicisation in Nigeria.
He expressed this at a one-day stakeholders’ summit on the proposed 2023 population and housing census in Katsina.
He recalled that since 1963, census in Nigeria has been highly and wrongly politicised.
“All our censuses are being bedevilled by politics of numbers not quality of numbers.
“In the 2023 census, everyone will be counted in the right way, at the right place and time and for the benefit of all persons resident in Nigeria.”
He explained that the summit would broaden state level support base for the successful conduct of the exercise as well as create public awareness, including its imperatives, methodology and timelines.
Almu-Banye decorated Gov. Masari as the ambassador of census in the state.