The Need for National Political Reform Conference (8), by Afe Babalola

CensusThere is no doubting the fact that for any country to plan appropriately, it is imperative to have a credible data. In other words, the number of males, females, adults, infants and even old men and women living in a particular country should be reasonably ascertainable.With special reference to Nigeria, we have never succeeded in conducting any credible head count let alone ascertain the number of people living in Nigeria at a given period. Right from 1950s when the British official