NPC, media partner for credible, successful census in Kaduna

The National Population Commission (NPC) says it is in partnership with journalists on effective reporting of the 2023 population and housing census in Kaduna State.

Abdulmalik Durunguwa, Federal Commissioner of NPC, said this at the one-day capacity building workshop for journalists on effective reporting of the 2023 census, on Friday in Kaduna.

According to him, the media is integral to the sensitisation of the masses, which necessitated the training for journalists.

He said the census was a national event, and it was the responsibility of every citizen to participate by presenting themselves to be counted,

Represented by Adama Othman, a Director in the commission, he said the exercise would count on journalists’ support in educating, informing and sensitising the people of the state.

Durunguwa said the journalists would do this on the commission’s processes and methodology for the conduct of 2023 population and housing census.

” Census is everybody’s business, we cannot be sucessful without the media, so it is the duty of journalists to transmit the information to the general public.”

Gambo Santos, Secretary, Kaduna chapter, Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ), commended the commission, giving assurance that journalists in the state would effectively report the activities related to the census.

On his part, Suliman Ibrahim, Press officer, National Orientation Agency, said the training was timely in ensuring that journalists understood the important processes of the census for effective reporting.