2023 National Census : NPC To Employ 30,000 Field Workers In Anambra, Inaugutates E-Recruitment Portal

The National Population Commission, NPC, is to employ about thirty thousand field functionaries for the 2023 Population and Housing Census in Anambra state.

The Federal Commissioner National Population Commission, Mr Chidi Ezeoke disclosed this at the NPC Headquarters in Awka, during the inauguration of the online E-recruitment portal for the 2023 Population and Housing Census.

Mr Ezeoke informed Ndi Anambra that the Commission through the online recruitment process requests for applicants from the following categories of field staff, facilitators, training centre administrators, monitoring and evaluations officers, data quality managers, data quality assistants, supervisors, and enumerators, for the forthcoming census.

Pointing out that organization of the census process remains key to the success of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, the state NPC Commissioner promised that the commission is on course and will continue to be fair and transparent in its activities concerning the next year’s census.

Disclosing that the next year’s census exercise which will take place in April, does not require people to return to their various hometown to be counted, Mr Ezeoke emphasised on the need for all the state residents and the entire southeast zone to make themselves available during the census, for their own good and that of this part of the country.

Dr Ulasi revealed that applicants must have at least O’level certificate to be eligible to register for the twenty-seven-day exercise.