In its determination to ensure success in the 2023 census, National Population Commission (NPC) has launched the census dashboard and mobile device management system.

Speaking at the launching, the Chairman of the Commission, Nasir Isa Kwarra, said “As part of our collective resolve in the Commission to conduct a fully digitalize Census in Nigeria, the Commission is leaving no stone unturned to achieve this set objective. It is in furtherance of this that we are witnessing the official launch of the Census Dashboard and Mobile Device Management System as a monitoring instrument to enhance the quality of data being collected during the census across the country real-time.”

He said the dashboard is meant for monitoring the inflow and quality check of data from the field during the 2023 Census.

He added that, “it is a major step that underscores our commitment in the Commission to providing reliable and credible demographic data for national planning.

“In considering the effort put into setting up the monitoring system and idea behind it, we are convinced that the dashboard and Mobile Device Management System will serve the Commission and leads us to an expected end which, producing a very viable, verifiable, acceptable and reliable 2023 census come may 2023.

The chairman revealed that the dashboard displays real-time performance of census data that National Population Commission, National Bureau of Statistics and external users can use to proactively identify and resolve potential performance problems before they occur during household and population enumeration process.

“The performance data can also be archived for management reporting and trend analysis.

“It is an information management tool for monitoring, analyzing and producing a visual display of the selected key performance indicators (KPIs), metrics and important data required to track the enumeration process for the 2023 census.

“The developed census dashboard utilizes CSPro data collected from enumeration area/hamlet. It pulls data stored in CSPro (.csdb) format and store into MySQL database for easy processing and visualization.”

Speaking further, the chairman said, “The dashboard shows total household by region (Maps and Bar chat) Population distribution by region and sex. Population distribution represented in Pie chat.

“It shows the population pyramid. It shows daily total population count collected from enumeration area.

“It shows Enumeration coverage (in percent) by region. It allows to track enumeration progress per enumerator. It shows detailed enumeration progress from top (region) to bottom (EA/Hamlet) level.”

Also speaking, UNFPA Resident Representative-Nigeria, Mrs. Ulla Elizabeth Mueller, commended NPC for the fear towards the census.

She said the commission deserves commendation for the digital census and for including various features in its digital process.

She said the UNFPA will continue to support the country and the commission to ensure success.

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