The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that the nation’s population now currently stands at 206 million.
Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Kwarra disclosed this in a statement yesterday, Tuesday December 8, 2020.
“In the absence of an actual census, we formally do projections and we have all along been doing our projections and we estimate that as of 2020, the estimated population of Nigeria is 206 million,” he said
“Planning for the census is anchored on the EAD as the basis for estimating both the human and material resources required for the census. In essence, the success of a credible and accurate census depends very much on the quality and reliability of the EAD,” Kwarra added.
He further noted that the Enumeration Area Demarcation would soon begin, as the country had not been able to hold a census in well over 13 years.
