The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) will conduct the postponed population and Housing Census between April and May 2021.
This was announced by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo when he recently launched the Ghana Census of Agriculture Report put together by the Ghana Statistical Service.
The census was initially set to begin on March 15, 2020, with the first two weeks expected to be used for listing, a process that comprises the zoning and coding of the number of houses and structures to be covered in the census.
However, it was rescheduled to June 28, 2020, but was finally postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Couple with the advanced preparation for the census, the President assured the Ghana Statistical Service, the organization legally mandated to conduct the census that, financial resources have been ring-fenced and that data collection has been scheduled to commence from April to May 2021.
The Management of GSS also assured all stakeholders and the public that the service is committed to conducting the Census within the stipulated time frame.
In connection with this, recruitment is ongoing for the National and Regional trainers as well as field officers.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Evans Boateng
