The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has urged people not to go to their hometowns in order to be counted for the 2021 Population and Housing Census, which begins today, Monday, June 28, 2021.
According to the Ghana Statistical Service, all Ghanaians would be tallied at their leisure.
Prof. Samuel Kobina Annim, the Government Statistician, gave this guarantee on Sunday, June 27, 2021.
On Sunday, June 27, 2021, the Ghana Statistical Service held a Census night to formally begin the process of counting people in Ghana.
Enumerators began the 15-day procedure by counting those in transit, short-term visitors, and the homeless.
Prof. Annim, speaking to the press at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle yesterday night, encouraged all Ghanaians to engage in the process.
“The census project is primarily for the benefit of our respondents. So we count you once, in the correct location, and at the appropriate time. Nobody is being asked to go for the purpose of counting.”
Prof. Annim further said that the districts of Bolgatanga, Bongo, Talensi, Krowor, Ledzokuku, and Adenta are yet to be chalked and listed. He ascribed it to a lack of boundaries.
“…the reasons why we have had these challenges strand around issues of boundary disputes which we are working with the administrative leaders to resolve. This second category of the challenge is where persons are yet to be convinced of the relevance of this exercise.”
“There is a strong relationship between census taking, and one’s own wellbeing. So persons who have not availed themselves of the exercise we are using this platform to urge them to participate in this activity.”
Ghana’s last census was held in 2010.
The population and housing census of 2021, which will take place from July 11 to July 11, is intended to produce data that will be utilized in decision-making and planning for the country’s growth.
Source: CITINEWSROOM
