Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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05ABUJA1856 |
NIGERIA: CENSUS DELAYED IS CENSUS DENIED [...] (U) As expected, the National Population Commission (NPC) requested a postponement the national census, which had been planned for December, explaining at a September 22 presentation at the Presidential Villa that there were delays in preparations for the long-awaited head count. For exampl [...] |
2005-09-29 07:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM NI CENSUS |
06ABUJA2836 |
NIGERIA: CENSUS RESULTS NOT READY FOR PRIMETIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nigerian census tabulations are nearly complete and the GON has said the figures will be unveiled in December. International monitors reported that donor contributions have facilitated a census process that was fairly transparent, open and covered a high percentage of the p [...] |
2006-10-30 11:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KDEM ECON PGOV EAID NI CENSUS |
07ABUJA44 |
NIGERIA CENSUS RESULTS - STATUS QUO MAINTAINED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nigerian National Population Commission (NPC) released the first census in 15 years. The census tabulations affirmed conventional wisdom that the majority of the population is in the 17 northern states - 75 million compared to 65 million in the southern states. The largest [...] |
2007-01-10 15:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KDEM ECON PGOV EAID NI CENSUS |
07LAGOS30 |
LAGOS INCREDULOUS OVER CENSUS RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: For a moment shunting aside the partisan bickering of the election season, Lagosians of all stripes and religious persuasions collectively uttered a hue and cry at the recent national census results. They reject the notion that Kano State is more populous than Lagos. Feeling [...] |
2007-01-17 08:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI ECON EAID NI CENSUS |