The Director General of the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), Dr. Edward Liberty, has put the cost for the conduct of the 2018 national census at US$20 million. Dr. Liberty disclosed that based on discussions held with development partners, the Government of Liberia will be required to provide about 50 percent of the funding needed for the census. Article 39 of the Constitution of Liberia mandates the National Legislature of Liberia to cause a census of the republic to be undertaken every ten years. Since it attained independence, Liberia has conducted four successive census exercises the first was conducted in 1962; the second in 1974, and the third and fourth in 1984 and 2008 respectively. When conducted, Dr. Liberty said the population data from the 2018 census exercise will play a major role in the formulation of the constituency boundaries for the 2023 presidential and legislative elections.

Source: GNN Liberia February 11, 2017 19:18 UTC