The National Population Commission, NPC, has wrapped up a ten-day state level training for Data Quality Managers, DQMs, for the 2023 Population and Housing Census.
The training, held in Okpuno, Awka South Local Government Area, attracted twenty-six participants selected from Ithe twenty-one local government areas of Anambra State.
Addressing the participants, the NPC Chairman, Alhaji Nasir Kwarra, said that Data Quality Managers are saddled with the task of ensuring that the census data collection process is smooth with correct figures , complete and consistent with the principles of the national exercise.
Alhaji Kwarra, who spoke through the Federal Commissioner of NPC in Anambra State, Mr. Chidi Ezeoke, noted that the DQMs will profile all field functionaries and devices, assign enumeration areas to functionaries and ensure that data collected from the field are validated and evaluated as well as monitor the dashboards for data collection progress and total coverage.
The NPC Chairman urged the trainees to keep practicing what they have been taught so as to help the commission achieve credible and transparent digital census which has been scheduled for April this year.
On his part, the Anambra State Director of National Population Commission, Dr Joachim Ulasi, said that the essence of the training and retraining is to ensure that the 2023 Population and Housing Census fulfills a constitutionally-mandated count of every person living in Nigeria, assuring that the commission has capable hands in Anambra State for the forthcoming exercise.
One of the trainees, Mr. Chimezie Chinonso, lauded the organizers noting that they have been given the full capacity to put Anambra State on the map.
The closing ceremony, which attracted monitoring and evaluation officers from Abuja, also featured question and answer session.
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