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Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia will announce the 2021 Housing and Population Census (SSP) night today, Friday, March 19, when he kicks off the 100-day count before the census.
Census night is the reference date for the census enumeration and all questions asked during the enumeration relate to that night.
It also determines the actual date for carrying out the 2021 census.
The Ghana Statistical Service is the lead agency responsible for conducting the census, as stipulated in the third clause of the Statistical Service Act 2019 (Act 1003).
The census will provide comprehensive, reliable, quality, relevant, accurate and timely statistical information to guide national development.
The 2021 census was originally scheduled to be conducted in 2020 but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, the Service is on track to begin data collection in the second quarter of 2021, an official statement copied to the Ghana News Agency said in Accra.
Preparations for the census had reached an advanced stage with many key activities such as demarcation of the entire country into around 52,000 enumeration areas, finalization of enumeration instruments and quality assurance procedures concluded, the Service said. .
In addition, three experimental censuses, two trial post-enumeration surveys and the procurement of logistics equipment have been completed, while the recruitment and training of approximately 75,000 census officers to be deployed for the exercise continues. .
The 100-day countdown will bring together a diverse group of decision-makers and stakeholders who will be strategic partners in the implementation of the census.
The scale and complexity of the census implementation required the participation of key stakeholders and the public to be successful, he said.
The program will be streamed live on the Ghana Statistical Service Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/statsghana and other social media channels.
Source: GNA
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