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Nigeria population figures not accurate-UNFPA

The United Nations Population Fund's (UNFPA) Assistant Representative in Nigeria, Osaretin Adonri, has said the Nigerian population figures are speculative, projected and not accurate. The country is long overdue for a census, which would dismiss the catalogue of speculative population figures.  The 2006 population census conducted puts Nigeria’s population at 140,003,542 while the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) 2012 data estimated Nigeria’s population to be 166.2 million. “Nigeria needs a census for population accuracy and effective planning,” Adonri said.  According to the UNFPA 2019 State of the World Population report, Nigeria’s population has increased to 201 million, having grown at average rate of 2.6 per cent from 2010 to 2019. Credit: Financial Nigeria
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FG to spend N82.109m for 2019 Abuja carnival




- The 2019 edition of Abuja cultural carnival will gulp N82.109million.
-Minister of information, culture and tourism, Alhaji Laid Mohammed stated in Abuja while presenting 2019 budget proposals of his ministry.
-The yearly carnival meant to showcase Nigeria's rich cultural heritage is coordinated by the ministry.
- The minister said that cultural centers established by Nigeria in China and Brazil were good for marketing the image of the country to further make the outside world appreciate Nigeria and Nigerians.
-Chairman of the senate committee, senator Fatimah Raji-Rasaki, had taken on the minister on the N82.109m proposed when the  carnival did not hold last year despite N62m appropriated for it.
-The minister defended the the 2019 budget estimate before the Senate committee on culture and tourism. He responded that the N62milli
on appropriated for the carnival in last year was not fully cash backed.








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