President Bola Tinubu has rejected the National Population Commission’s N942 bn proposal for conducting the national housing and population census, sources say.

The President rejected the commission’s budget on Monday, February 24, 2025, at the State House insisting on cost-cutting measures.

The President also suggested that the deployment of members of the National Youth Service Corps for exercise is also important.

After being briefed by officials of the NPC led by its Chairman, Nasir Kwarra, Tinubu promised to set up a committee to align the census budget to the government’s present financial realities.

The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement titled, ‘Nigeria moves closer to the fresh census, President Tinubu to set up a committee,’ quoted Tinubu as saying “This stop-and-go activity on the census cannot work with me. So, we better have a definite path.