By Mohammed Nasir Shuaibu (Bauchi State Correspondent)
The National Population Commission (NPC) in Bauch said that arrangements have been concluded to recruit 28,579 ad-hoc staff in this year's 2023 population and housing census in the State.
The State Director, Hudu Babale, disclosed this in an inclusive interview with NIGERIAN NEWSLEADER Newspaper Correspondent in his office on Monday. He stated that the Commission is in a critical stage where all preparation is gone far presently.
He noted that the Commission is going to engage the services of twenty-eighth thousand, five hundred and seventy-nine ad-hoc staff, that will be posted across the 20 local government area councils of the State to conduct the house-to-house and population census of the people.
He explained that the Commission had in the past trained many cadres ranging from enumerators, coordinators and specialized workforce and currently undergoing Data Quality Assurance (DQA) for 2 days at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.
According to the State Director, the four hundred and seventy-three supervisors will monitor and supervise the twenty-three thousand, eight hundred and six enumerators who are expected to work directly with the people at the community level.
Babale, also used the NIGERIAN NEWSLEADER medium to call on desperate candidates to desist from going to some people in the name of hacking the saver to secure approval and enrol on the program. He added that approval is only given by the Commission after due accreditation.
He further warned the general public that the Commission's portal is currently closed down and anybody who transacts business in is doing so at his/he own risk.
The state director further shed more light on the issues of the Commission working during public holidays, saying "that the Commission would not suspend its exercise even on public holiday, because the holidays also meant that people would surely stay at homes to give our staff more chance to discharge their responsibilities", the NPC state boss emphasized. NNL.
