The National Population Commission, NPC, in Ogun State has kicked off the Enumeration Area Demarcation programme in Remo North and Ikenne local government areas of the state.

The Federal Commissioner of NPC in the state, Mrs Oluseyi Aderinokun at the launch of the exercise in Iperu, explained that the process was to delineate the entire land area of the state into small geographical units ahead of the national population census in the country.

Mrs. Aderinokun himted that the units comprised specified number of persons and households which a team of enumerators could cover during a census.

She explained that the success of credible and accurate census depend on the quality of enumeration area demarcation

The Federal commissioner stated that the demarcation exercise was the determinant of the population of any locality, local government or state and called on the state government and the people of the state to join hands with NPC in achieving a reliable for the next population and housing census.

The Ogun State Deputy Governor, Mrs Noimot Salako-Oyedele in a remark noted that the enumeration area demarcation was not about taxation but about allocation of resources and assured that the state government would cooperate with the commission for the success of the programme.

Wale Oluokun

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