The Federal Commissioner of the National Population Commission, NPC, Enugu State, Ejike Eze has hinted that only President Bola Tinubu will decide the date for the 2023 National Population and Housing Census.

Eze dropped this hint, at a breakfast meeting with media executives in Enugu on the forthcoming National Population and Housing Census.

The Enugu State NPC boss allayed the fears of the media that the new administration might discontinue the census exercise, expressing confidence that the President, being an accountant and technocrat, appreciates the importance of census information in national planning.

He noted that the postponement afforded the commission the opportunity to further perfect its processes and systems for the conduct of the first ever digital National Population and Housing Census in Nigeria.