President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for May 3 to 7 .2023.
The new date will be determined by the incoming administration.
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.
This is contained in a press statement made available to newsmen on Saturday morning by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
He advised the NationaI Population Census to continue to carry out it sensitisation