The Chairman National Population Commission (NPC) Hon. Nasir Isa-Kwarra has made a shocking revelation on Thursday when he said N200bn 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.
Out of the N800 billion budgeted for the exercise, the NPC chairman said only N224bn was presently released by the Federal Government out of which N200bn has been spent.
President Muhammadu Buhari postponed the census after several meetings with stakeholders in late April.
The NPC, after the official announcement of the postponement, told reporters the exercise was postponed to calm tension in the country.
The government said the incoming administration of President-Elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will decide on the date the exercise will hold.
