Reps reject motion for conduct of census, to probe expenditure by NPC

The House of Representatives has rejected a motion seeking to ask President Bola Tinubu to fix a date for the conduct of the national census.

The House rejected the motion moved by Dominic Okafor (LP, Anambra) and Patrick Umoh (PDP, Akwa-Ibom), which sought to urge Mr Tinubu to declare a date for the conduct of the 2023 census to facilitate accurate economic planning.

The national census was last conducted in the country in 2006.