2023 Census: 752 Trainees , 460 Special Workforce Take Oath Of Non- Disclosure In Kwara
The 752 trainees and 460 Special Workforce attending the ten-day training programme organized by the National Population Commission, NPC , at the Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, took the oath of non -disclosure on Saturday.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned the oath- taking ceremony was presided over by Magistrate Shaaba Florence.
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Earlier, the Federal Commissioner , NPC, Kwara state, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Gidado had commended the trainees for their perseverance and patience while urging them to transfer the knowledge they had acquired to the supervisors and enumerators at the local government level.
The training programme ends today, 5 February 2023.
The NPC Commissioner appealed to all Nigerians to take advantage of the 2023 census and make themselves available for enumeration as this would go a long way in helping the government to plan adequately well for the nation’s future .
Gidado said such an opportunity would only come again after ten years hence the need to be part of this exercise.
He expressed concern over the low population figure of the state in the last census and urged Kwarans to ensure they make themselves available for enumeration.
Alhaji Gidado also promised that the commission would do the needful to ensure the security of all its functionaries in collaboration with the traditional rulers and all security agencies.
In his remarks, the State Director of NPC, Mallam Saheed Yusuf appreciated the trainees and implored them to impart the knowledge they had acquired to the Supervisors and Enumerators as their assignment would determine the accuracy and quality of the data for the exercise.
Responding on behalf of the trainees, Professor AbdulRasheed Adeoye , a lecturer at the University of Ilorin, pledged that they would work assiduously to justify what they have been assigned to do and appreciated the commission for giving them the opportunity to serve.
He commended the commission for making the 2023 census exercise technology-driven which, he noted, would make it more accurate and credible- Team@orientactualmags.com
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