‘Time for excuses over’ — Kwankwaso demands fresh census after 20-year delay

Vice-presidential campaigner of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has urged the Federal Government to behaviour a caller nationalist Population and Housing Census, saying Nigeria has gone 20 years without the exercise.

Kwankwaso made the request successful a connection posted connected his authoritative X leafage on July 11, 2026, to people this year’s World Population Day.

According to Kwankwaso, Nigeria has continued to trust connected colonisation figures from the 2006 census for cardinal nationalist planning, including education, healthcare, security, infrastructure, employment and assets allocation.

He said the lack of updated colonisation information has affected effectual readying and equitable improvement crossed the country.

“The past exercise, held successful 2006, has near america relying connected outdated colonisation figures for captious nationalist decisions connected education, healthcare, security, infrastructure, employment, and assets allocation.”

Kwankwaso said close and existent colonisation statistic stay indispensable for governance, nationalist security, sustainable improvement and inclusive growth.

“On this World Population Day, I powerfully impulse the Federal Governm...