President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for May 3-7 2023.
The exercise has now been postponed to a date to be determined by the incoming administration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu.
The President gave the approval after meeting with some members of the Federal Executive Council and the Chairman of the National Population Commission and his team at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday.
This is contained in a press statement signed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, and released on Saturday morning.
