Census: FG restricts movement only on March 24, 25

THE Federal Government has declared two days, March 24 and 25, as days for the restriction of movement for the 2006 census. President Olusegun Obasanjo made the declaration Wednesday in Abuja at the presidential forum on the 2006 census.
The president, who said he had received a letter from the chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC) asking for the restriction of movement for two-days to compel Nigerians to stay in their homes to be enumerated, disclosed that the request had been granted and that Friday 24 and Saturday, 25 March had been declared as restriction days.
To ensure the success of the census exercise, President Obasanjo advised the state chief executives to make the two days set aside for the restriction of movement uniform so that there won�t be any migration from one part of the country to another.
Meanwhile, the National Population Commission (NPC) has stated its readiness to conduct a hitch free and acceptable census for Nigeria. The NPC chairman, Chief Samuila Makama, disclosed this at the presidential forum on 2006 census, saying there was no going back on credible census for Nigeria.
For credible census, he said some measures had been adopted, like cross posting of commission officials, federal commissioners and state head of departments, among other measures.
The NPC boss also revealed that 90 European Union (EU) international monitoring groups funded by EU itself and other development partners were on the ground while about 13,200 national and non-governmental observers were also fully on the ground for the census.

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