The Chairman of National Population Commission (NPC), Dr Aminu Yusuf,(Talban Wushishi),says from the first of March 2026,Civic Registration and Vital Statistics,(CRVS) and most of other activities of the Commission, would become fully digitalized.
He said the Commission would start trainings and necessary facilitations, to equip the concerned department and staff, with the capacity to handle all skill requirements, in line with the digitalization programme , as priority will be given to states with serious commitment to operations of the Commission,like Imo state.
He decried the past rescheduling of the national census exercise, which was as a result of many regrettable factors, and assured Nigerians that Tinubu’ administration is committed to conducting the census.
The NPC Chairman,was speaking while addressing the staff and management at the NPC State Secretariat, Owerri, when he commenced two-day, advocacy visit and stakeholders engagements, to Imo state, said the Commission is seriously sourcing funds, to meet various needs and requirements for NPC operations, and one of the priorities, according to him, is staff welfare.
Dr Yusuf, specifically commended the Hon. Federal Commissioner and Head of the NPC in Imo State, Prof Uba Nnabue, for his exemplary leadership and sound management of the Commission in the state, and for his immense contributions to the activities of the NPC, generally.
Dr Yusuf, who, on arrival, was shown round the badly vandalized NPC State Office Complex, to see things for himself, not only sympathized with the staff for operating under such condition and declared a “state of emergency on the office complex”, to enable the necessary interventions for repairs, as soon as possible.
The NPC Chairman, described the state and local government offices, as the hub of its functions and activities, and urged the staff to remain hardworking and loyal, despite their complaints, promising to go the extra mile to ensure that their welfare and other needs are addressed soonest.
Earlier, the Hon Federal Commissioner, heading the National Population Commission in Imo State, Prof Uba Nnabue, noted that, this is the first time in over fifteen years, that an NPC Chairman is visiting the State, and commended the strategic, seven-points agenda of the Chairman to strengthen the Commission, which the Imo state has already keyed into.
Prof Nnabue said that Imo State, has successfully completed the 2026 National Demographic Health Survey,(NDHS), which covered the entire state, adding that the staff and management are working assiduously with utmost dedication but in unfavorable and inconvenient office environment, in addition to unattended arrears of welfare packages, and appealed to the Chairman to help address their welfare issues to encourage their hardwork and high productivity.
The NPC Chairman was accompanied by the DG of the Commission, Dr Telsin Osifo, and other national officers of the Commission, and supported by the Hon. Federal Commissioner for Enugu State, Hon Ejike Eze.
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