Mildred
Siabi-Mensah/ Evans Quayson, GNA
Sekondi, Feb. 19, GNA – The District Census
Implementation Committee (DCIC) for the 2020 population and housing census has
been inaugurated with a call on members to give of their best to ensure a
successful Programme.
Mr Anthony K. K. Sam, the Sekondi/Takoradi
Metropolitan Chief Executive who inaugurated said the committee would allow
members to plan and execute programmes that would ensure the overall success of
the 14-day exercise come June, 28 this year.
Ghana has a long history of population
censuses dating back to 1891 in the colonial era and the last one in the year
2010.
Mr K. K. Sam underscored the importance of
population and housing census, stressing that it helped in planning and useful
for users and producers of official data.
He said the successful implementation of the
2020 population and housing census, would no doubt improve upon policy making
in the Metropolis.
The committee would assist in the publicity
and public education on the census, facilitate the recruitment of field
personnel and distribution of census logistics, encourage community
participation in the census, and facilitate mobilization of vehicles and
motorbikes to support the census activities.
“I have no doubt that the depth of
knowledge and experience of the members of the Committee, will provide the
complement of skills and competence needed for successful conduct of the census
in the Metropolis”
He urged residents in the Metropolis to avail
themselves for the census to ensure its success.
Mr Alhaji Salihu Enum a Statistician with the
Statistical Service Department of the STMA said the 2020 population and housing
census would witness the use of technology of which over 500 tablets would be
provided to census officials.
He said the introduction of technology into
the process was to help get real time information validated at a spot for a
more accurate process.
Mr Enum entreated all recruits to avail
themselves to learn the rudiments of the application of the technology to avoid
any hiccups on the field of work.
GNA