Akwa Ibom State Government has charged National Population Commission (NPC) to apply equity, justice and fairness in the figures that will emanate from the coming 2023 Population and Housing Census.
The charge was given by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Ini Ememobong, yesterday in Uyo, the state capital, while playing host to a delegation from NPC, led by the Federal Commissioner representing the state at the Commission, Chief Benedict Ukpong.
Ememobong pointed out that census is a game of numbers, as displayed in the ongoing 2023 elections, and urged the Commission to apply equity, justice and fairness in the process by counting the people of the state proper.