Ghana: 2020 Census Delayed Over Technical and Logistical Challenges

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Accra, Ghana, January 14, 2020//-Ghana’s 2020 Population and Housing Census has been delayed to due to technical and logistical challenges.

The delay in the procurement of some mobile electronic devices to be used by enumerators following Ghana Statistical Service’s (GSS’) decision to use digital mapping system, is key to the postponement.

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Only ¢30 million has been disbursed to the GSS out of the ¢400 million that has been budgeted for the exercise.

Deputy Government Statistician, David Kombat said in an interview Tuesday that money has gone into the cartographic work done so far despite the chunk needed for training and enumeration.

The conduct of the census is in accordance with the Statistical Service Law, 1985 (PNDCL 135), which empowers the Government Statistician to conduct statistical surveys and any census in Ghana.

The country previously had censuses in 1960, 1970, 1984, 2000 and 2010. The country is supposed to undertake a census exercise after every 10 years.

African Eye Report/ Myjoyonline

 

 

 

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