The National Population Commission will purchase software for the National and Housing Census using funds approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC), but the FEC also announced that the 2023 population count, which was originally slated for March 29, has been moved to May 2023.
Lai Mohammed, the minister of information and culture, cited the move of the governorship elections from March 11 to March 18 as the reason for the necessity of the decision.
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This comes about 29 months after President Buhari established the National Steering Committee to prepare the Medium-Term National Development Plan 2021-2025 and the Nigeria Agenda 2050.
The overarching goal is to transition Nigeria to an Upper Middle-Income Country and then to the position of a High-Income Country by 2050.
The Nigeria Agenda 2050 plan, which aims to increase real GDP growth by 7%, create 165 million new jobs, and reduce the number of people living in poverty to 2.1 million by the year 2050, has also been approved by the FEC.
This is coming about 29 months after President Buhari inaugurated the National Steering Committee for the preparation of the Medium-Term National Development Plan 2021 to 2025 and Nigeria Agenda 2050.
The overall objective is to take Nigeria through to an Upper Middle-Income Country and subsequently to the status of a High-Income country by 2050.
