Mobilising Nigerians towards a National Population Census: The Role of Indigenous Language Media
Sunday Oloruntola · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks · 2016
Most nations of the world consider the national census exercise important because, apart from being one of the indices of modern society, a population census provides comprehensive demographic information on which to base development planning. Unfortunately, previous population censuses in Nigeria have always ended in controversy. Even the much applauded 1991 census, adjudged to have been the best so far in the country, led to 107 court cases throughout the federation.