Ondo State’s Census Publicity and Advocacy Committee was established by the National Population Commission to provide information about the census throughout the 18 local government units in the state.
Rotimi Akeredolu, the state’s governor, inaugurated the committee on Wednesday in Akure, the state’s capital, at the Cocoa Conference Hall of the Governor’s Office Alagbaka.
Akeredolu pleaded with the committee to see to it that inhabitants of the state were adequately educated, informed, and made aware of the importance of the Population and Housing Census in 2023.
According to ANAEDOONLINE.NG, the recent presidential and governorship elections caused the census population to be moved to May.
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Members of the Committee include the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Owena Press Limited, publishers of the Hope titles, Sir Ademola Adetula; the Chairman, Ondo State Radiovision Corporation Media Group, Mr Kunle Adebayo represented by Taiwo Ibitoye; the General Manager, Nigerian Television Authority, Akure, Mrs Olubunmi Oke; the Nigeria Union of Journalists Chairman, Ondo State Council, Prince Leke Adegbite; Heads of Media organisations in the state; among several others.
Others include Chairman, League of Imams and Alfas, Ondo State; Sheikh Ahmad Aladesawe; Ondo State Christian Association of Nigeria Chairman, Rev. Fr. Anselm Ologunwa; Chairman, Ondo State Council of Obas and Deji of Akure Kingdom, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi; members of Ondo State House of Assembly; leaders of the National Association of Nigerian Students; the Iyalajes/Iyalojas in the state.
Mrs Odunayo Olubayode is the Secretary of the Committee.
The NPC Federal Commissioner in Ondo State, Prince Diran Iyantan, disclosed the target of the 2023 census is to produce accurate, reliable and inclusive data that will be used for planning and critical programme interventions.
He called on the committee members to be proactive while urging residents of the state to make themselves available during the exercise.
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