MONROVIA – Representative Larry P. Younquoi (ANC, District #8, Nimba County) has launched an eleventh-hour bid to push for the postponement of Liberia’s already-delayed National Population and Housing Census (NPHC). By Gerald C. KoinyenehWeah’s declarationRep. Younquoi’s plea comes as President George Weah declared Tuesday, November 8, 2022, as “National Census Day;” calling for it to be observed as a national holiday throughout the country. According to a Foreign Ministry release, the 2022 National Population and Housing Census, which commences from Tuesday, November 8, 2022 to be declared as Census Night will enable the enumerators to begin the household listing. ‘President Weah was ill-advised’The census was originally scheduled from October 24, 2022 to November 7, 2022, but has been rescheduled for November 7- 27, 2022. He termed the government’s determination to conduct the census despite these challenges as disturbing, considering the sensitivity of the census data.

Source: Front Page Africa November 09, 2022 19:02 UTC