Bauchi State office of the National Population Commission (NPC) has recruited 110 enumerators, facilitators and supervisors for a trial census in nine Local Government Areas of the State.

Federal Commissioner, Bauchi State, Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Darazo, who disclosed this during a press briefing held at the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ) Bauchi, on Wednesday, explained that the Trial Census started since June 27, 2022 and will end July 30, 2022.

He said that Building Numbering and Household listing would begin from today (July 13) and end July 18.

He also revealed that Validation of Enumeration Areas frame will begin from July 19 to 21, disclosing that three Local Government Areas in the State were selected in each of the three senatorial districts of the State.

The nine local government areas include Zaki, Giade and Itas Gadau (Bauchi North), Dambam, Ningi and Darazo (Bauchi Central) and Tafawa Balewa, Kirfi and Toro (Bauchi South).

The Federal Commissioner for Bauchi State, who read a speech by the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Honourable Nasir Isa Kwarra, said the Nationwide Trial census was approved by the National Council of State ahead of the Population and Housing Census in April, 2023

He said that the objective of Trial Census was to test all aspects of census operations from planning, implementation, logistics, questionnaire design and format, training procedures, field work operations, Publicity, payment system, data processing, data tabulating and analysis.

According to him, the Nationwide Trial Census would be conducted in selected areas and would cover one local government area in one State in each of the six geopolitical zones and one Supervisory area in three LGAS in each of the three senatorial districts in 36 States and Federal Capital Territory (FCT)

The six local government areas which will be fully enumerated are Toungo (Admawa), Daura (Katsina), Karu (Nasarawa), Imeko-Afon (Oh), Idemili (Anambra) and Brass (Bayelsa)