“For the records, the two recent censuses of 1991 and 2006 respectively had no provisions for religion and ethnicity. And this was deliberately given the emotive nature of these two issues in Nigeria.”
“The commission has been very receptive to the sensibilities of Nigerians who have argued that the two issues should not be part of the questionnaires till such a time when the primary and fundamental purpose of census taking, namely, to gather data for planning for sustainable national development should be effectively etched in our lives,” it said.
Not considering ethnicity ensure those illegally migrating to the country get counted as citizens
Ode... does NPC know the meaning of census? Census is counting the entire citizens irrespective of their religion and ethnicity.
Because you want to keep lying to us that Igbos are few. We know that Igbos are in large numbers in various ethnic groups, cities, regions, and states of Nigeria. Add the ethnicity and leave religion. Thank you!
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