The Chairman National Population Commission (NPC), Hon. Nasir Isa-Kwarra, on Thursday, said N200 billion has been spent so far on preparations for the postponed 2023 housing and population census.
Isa-Kwarra said this in Abuja during a breakfast meeting with media executives.
The NPC chairman said though N800 billion was budgeted for the exercise, only N224 billion was presently released by the Federal Government.
President Muhammadu Buhari postponed the census after several meetings with stakeholders in late April.
The government said the incoming administration of President-Elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will decide on the date the exercise will hold.
The NPC, after the official announcement of the postponement, told reporters the exercise was postponed to calm tension in the country.
- The Nation