17,000 recruited for 2023 census in Osun, says Commissioner

The Federal Commissioner representing Osun State, in the National Population Commission, Senator Mudashiru Hussein, has said about 17,000 residents of the state have been recruited to work for the commission during the 2023 Population and Housing Census in the state.

Hussein made the disclosure in Osogbo on Monday, while speaking with newsmen on the preparation of the commission ahead of the exercise.

The NPC boss also said that 500 pieces of the 800 gadgets to be used for the exercise called Personal Digital Assistant have been received while 300 more were being expected before the census would commence.

Speaking further on the preparation, Hussein said, “In Osun State, we are engaging 17,000 personnel for the Population and Housing Census. We have trained them including facilitators, enumerators and supervisors.

“The special workforce has also been trained which will be responsible for maintaining the PDA on the field. We have also trained the monitoring and evaluation team and other administrators.

“We are ready for the census because the president has graciously approved 60 per cent of PDA gadgets from overseas, while 40 per cent will come from local sources.

“Out of 800 that will be deployed for Osun, we have over 500 available now. They are working on it and before May we will take the delivery of the rest.”

According to him, the PDA gadgets that would be used for the exercise could not be manipulated or used outside the designated areas, adding that only people seen by the enumerators would be counted.

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