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
Photo credit:gistreel -The Nigerian Customs Service has stated that non adherence to export guide lines is frustrating trade. -The statement was made by the newly promoted Acting Assistant Controller General, Bashir Abubakar at the handover ceremony at the Apapa Custom Command. -The Nigerian Customs Service as a trade facilitator and revenue generator for the government has over the years bring about improvements in export trade. -even with the huge revenue collection from import duties and levies, export business remains a major money driver. - importers should comply to existing guidelines and desist from getting things done the way they want. - Adherence to export laws will guarantee seamless operations in line with the ease of doing business mandate of the government. -Bashir Abubakar was promoted from Comptroller of Apapa command to Assistant Comptroller General for rejecting N150m bribe offered to him by drug traffickers to import 40 containers of Tramadol.