- Earlier the Benue state government called for the suspension of the 2023 national population census, noting most people in some communities would not be captured if the exercise holds as planned in May
- In a new development, the federal government headed postponed the exercise, the President emphasized the need for an up-to-date census to drive the developmental goals of the country and improve living standards.
- Reacting to the development, a Former Kaduna lawmaker, Shehu Sani disclosed that FG doesn’t have $1.8 Billion for the Census and now shifted the Wahala to Asiwaju
A former lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has revealed the real reason why the Federal Government postponed the 2023 national census.
Sani in a tweet shared on his Twitter page, claimed that FG passed the buck to the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, because it could not fund the census, which is estimated to cost about $1.8 billion.
