The National Population Commission (NPC), will train and

deploy 5,000 staff for the 2023 population and housing

census in Adamawa State.

The staff include permanent and adhoc workers for the

exercise in the 21 local government areas of the state.

NPC Commissioner in Adamawa State, Dr Clifford Zirra,

confirmed that the 5,000 permanent and adhoc staff are to

receive the training in seven days.

The NPC official further explained that the planned general

staff training would hold concurrently across the 36 states of

the federation and the FCT.