Anambra is among the thirty-Six States in the country including the Federal Capital Territory Abuja involved in the ninth phase of Enumeration Area Demarcation.
In Anambra State the exercise is taking place in Idemili South Local Government area.
A release signed by a Commissioner in the National Population Commission, Sir Chidi Ezeoke, on behalf of the Acting Chairman of the Commission, Bimbola Sanu-Hundeyin says that the exercise constitute the foundation on which the entire census architecture stands.
According to the statement at the end of the exercise, the commission would have successfully demarcated two hundred local government areas while the remaining five hundred and seventy four local government areas will be covered in the subsequent programme.
The statement maintained that the enumeration area demarcation exercise is not the enumeration of persons living in the country, adding that its outcome will not in any-way determine the population of any community, local government or State pointing out that it is only the division of the country into small geo-graphical areas to facilitate the enumeration.
The statement urged people living in communities in Idemili South Local Government Area to support the exercise which is of utmost National Importance by cooperating with the staff involved in the exercise.
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