The federal government is seeking donations from Nigerians for the conduct of the 2023 population and housing census which it says will cost a whopping N869 billion.
The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba, who disclosed this at a high-level partner engagement in Abuja yesterdayj, said the federal government had provided 46 per cent of the budget.
Agba said there remained an outstanding of N327.2 billion needed to carry out the census effectively.
He said: “The total requirements for this census, including the post-census activities, is N869 billion, this is about $1.88 billion.
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