ICYMI: NPC Commences Enumeration Area Demarcation Nationwide

National Population Commission (NPC), has begin enumeration process nationwide.

News Rain Nigeria report that the National Population Commission (NPC), has commenced the Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) nationwide.

Addressing journalists over the development on Friday was the Chairman of the Commission, Nasir Isa who was represented at the press Conference by Yobe State NPC Commissioner, Mai Aliyu Mohammed.

NPC Commences Enumeration Area Demarcation Nationwide

The NPC Boss stressed that a total of 260 local Government Areas have been demarcated so far.

He said the 260 local government covered all the states across the country, noting that Federal Capital Territory was covered in the previous 10 phases.

“The 11 phase has been commenced on 9th December 2020 and expected to end on 20th January 2021 with inclusive of training and field work. Kwarra stressed.

Mohammed maintained that the training for the trainers and other technical officers of the enumeration areas demarcation has just been completed in Akwanga, Nasarawa State, stressing that the state’s training for demarcators has kicked started nationwide December, 9th 2020.

“The information from these outputs are useful for developments planning and efficient distribution of infrastructural facilities and provision of socio-economic resources stressing that planning for census is anchored on the enumeration areas demarcation as the basis for estimating both the human and material resources required for the census, in essence the success of of a credible and accurate census depends very much on the quality and reliability of the EAD”.

He said there are several other deliverable from the ongoing EAD. Some of them include up to date list of households, building, socio-economic infrastructural facilities and their geo-referenced distribution across localities, wards, local government areas and states.

Mohammed said it is necessary to state unambiguously that the EAD exercise is not the enumeration of persons living in the Country.

Adding that it’s outcome is in no way the determinant of the population of any locality, local government area or state.

The EAD he explained is simply a preparatory activity before the actual census enumeration and it should not be equated with the census.

“In addition to being the foundation for the census, the national sample frame for the country is created from the EAD. The sample frame derived from the EAD is the one that is by all data collecting organizations, including MDAs and research institutions.”

“The frame is also used by the international agencies including the IMF and the World Bank to monitor the economic and financial performance of the Country.