Tag Archives: National Population Commission

Tracka, a program under BudgIT Foundation, is demanding accountability from the National Population Commission (NPC) over N129.5 billion spent on the suspended 2023 National Population Census. 

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Nigeria has been projected to add no fewer than 189 million people to its current population between 2018 and 2050, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), said. UN, in a new report: ‘2018 Revision of World Urbanisation Prospects’, projected that around 2.5 billion more people would be living in cities by 2050. The News Agency of Nigeria …

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The population of Nigeria, the giant of Africa, is pegged at an estimated 198 million, according to the National Population Commission (NPC). NPC Chairman, Eze Duruiheoma, said this in New York, yesterday, when he delivered Nigeria’s statement on sustainable cities, human mobility and international migration at the 51st session of the Commission on Population and Development. Nigeria currently ranks the seventh most populous …

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The National Population Commission has urged religious leaders to help to promote child-spacing initiatives such as the use of female contraceptives and condoms. The NPC Chairman, Eze Duruiheoma (SAN), said this at an event held in commemoration of the 2017 World Population Day in Abuja. He identified the culture of having large families as one of the biggest causes of …

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