President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on politicians not to consider
preparations for a national census in 2005, as a contest for political
supremacy because census data were not only about population figures but
were important indices for planning.
Speaking yesterday at the launching of the public enlightenment campaign
for 2005 population and housing census, President Obasanjo said, "I wish to
remind Nigerians particularly the political class, that census taking is not
politics and should not therefore be a contest for political supremacy.
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