Lagos Wants Fresh Census In 14 LGAs

Lagos State Government has called on the
National Population Commission to honour the
recent Judgment the National Census Tribunal and
conduct a fresh census in 14 affected local
government areas in the state. The state Attorney General and Commissioner for
Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye, who briefed journalist on
Friday in Alausa, said the judgment nullified the
figures released by NPC and ordered a recount of
the affected local councils. Ipaye’s counterparts in Ministries of Information
and Works and Infrastructure Mr. Lateef Ibirogba
and Obafemi Hamzat attended the briefing. He explained that the tribunal nullified the census
figures released by the NPC in 14 local councils in
the state on the ground that the counting was
illegal and did not give the accurate censors
figures of the state. He said, “In the final analysis, the official national
census results for 14 old local government areas
(now 40 LGAs and LCDAs) in Lagos State have been
nullified. This vindicates the resolve of the state
government to base its physical and economic
plans on a projected population of 17,553,924 in
2006 and over 21,000,000 currently. We now expect that the National Population
Commission will urgently announce plans for a
recount as ordered by the tribunal.”