The first pre-test for the upcoming census begins on June 6 in 112 local government areas nationwide, Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Alhaji Isa Kwarra, has said.
Kwarra who disclosed this during a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, said the pretest will last until June 13.
“This exercise is aimed at testing the manuals for field staff, instruction manuals, data editing and coding, data processing and tabulation in preparation for actual census,” he said.
“In the pre-test exercise, some selected Enumeration Areas (EAs) in some of the local governments in states of the federation demarcated between 2016 and 2018 will be utilised.
“And the census instruments will be deployed to these areas to test run their suitability and readiness for actual census.”
Kwarra solicited collective efforts of Nigerians in making the exercise a success, which he said was designed to test run the viability of already Demarcated Enumeration Areas (EADs) in readiness for smooth census.
