By Adedapo Adesanya
The National Population Commission (NPC) has disclosed that its e-recruitment portal for ad hoc staff for the planned 2023 Population and Housing Census will be closed on Wednesday, December 28.
This was disclosed by Mr Chidi Ezeoke, Federal Commissioner representing Anambra State in the commission, at the opening of a 10-day Zonal Level Training of Principal Trainers on Monday in Awka.
Mr Ezeoke said the date was extended from December 10 to December 28 to give room for more interested persons to apply, advising qualified candidates to take advantage of the extension.
“Earlier, we announced that the recruitment portal will be closed on December 10. But after the board met, they decided to extend it to December 28 to allow more people to register and apply,” he said.
He said the training was necessary for the facilitators, who would, in turn, train the supervisors and enumerators at the state level.
Mr Ezeoke listed the objectives of the training to include preparing the second-level trainers for standardised census training and adequately teaching the concept and definitions for the exercise.
“The training will also provide clear guidelines for the field enumeration procedures for the census, robust instructions on the use of census data collection and applications, as well as first-hand guides for field operations.
“This training is put together to enhance the technical and managerial capacity as well as skills of the participants to teach other field functionaries for the success of the census,” Mr Ezeoke said.
In his remarks, Mr Joachim Ulasi, Anambra State Director, NPC, said that a total of 252 participants, including 227 trainees, 25 facilitators, and zonal coordinators, were participating in the exercise.
“There are two training centres in Southeast – Anambra and Ebonyi states. While Ebonyi is hosting participants from Ebonyi and Enugu states, Anambra is the centre for participants from Abia, Imo, and Anambra states,” he added.
The scheme is part of a larger plan by the NPC to employ over 2 million Nigerians to carry out its first population count since 2006.
