By John Ugo, Awka
The National Population Commission (NPC) has deployed a total of 1,5011 workers to Communities in Ihiala local government area of Anambra state for planned head count by the commission next month.
This is as all the community leaders have assured the workers of adequate security and protection during the exercise.
Findings revealed that out of the total number of workers, 1,082 are enumerators, 232 are Supervisors,78 are Field Coordinators and 109 are Facilitators and members of the Technical Team.
A Communique issued at the end of the strategic meeting of stakeholders with officials of NPC including President Generals and Traditional Rulers in the council area which was organized by the Ihiala local government area Training and Field Coordinator Mr Chibuzor Igboanusi, assured the workers of adequate safety and protection.
They said that, “It is our responsibility to ensure that the officials who will work in our localities are provided with a place to stay within the locality, kept secured, provided for and afforded with enough logistics so they will be in good stead to carry out a thorough and complete counting in our areas”
The parley stated that, “Each locality must appoint persons from their area who will take the Enumeration Officers around. Such Guides must know the Area, the Houses, the Families and the occupants well.”
” Fundraising shall be done at LG, Ward, Town and Village levels to ensure a hitch free exercise. Calls shall also be made for people to volunteer their accommodation , transportation, feeding and other logistics support for the officials. Others can also volunteer their time and services in support”
“Localities with security challenges must find a way to arrange a truce, ceasefire or at least broker a security passage window within the census period to ensure a peaceful and calm atmosphere for both the locals and the officials to deliver a successful campaign”
“Adhoc Staff Training is coming up in 7 centres in 5 localities of the LGA and each locality is to ensure that they adequately provide for the trainers in their areas in terms of accommodation and other logistics”the communique added.
