President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for May 3 to 7 .2023.
The President gave the approval after meeting with some members of the Federal Executive Council and the Chairman of the National Population Commission and his team at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
New date according to report will be determined by the incoming administration.
The details of the President’s directive is contained in a press statement made available to newsmen on Saturday morning by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
The President however advised the NationaI Population Census “to continue to carry out it sensitisation”.