Accra,- The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on Ghanaians to fully participate in the ongoing 2021 National Population and Housing Census.
This is because the exercise is important to the infrastructural, political, and socio-economic development of the country and would determine how the scarce national resources would be allocated equitably to address the various developmental needs of the country.
“Thus, failure to be counted has major implications for the efficient planning and deployment of developmental resources to our respective communities,” the Party said in a statement signed and issued by Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the General Secretary, on Friday and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra.
It noted that the census exercise, which started eleven days ago and is scheduled to end on Monday, 12th July, had been very slow in reach, low on awareness, and had received very minimum attention and publicity in the media and encouraged the citizenry to avail themselves and be counted.
The statement said many areas had reported: “no show, raising serious concerns about the integrity of the census process.”
“We want to use this opportunity to announce to the general public, particularly our members that, if for any reason, enumerators have not labeled your house or come to your home for the exercise, kindly call the Ghana Statistical Service toll free number on 0800-900-900 or 0800- 800-800 or 0800-426-426 and get counted,” the statement said.
Source: Ghana News Agency
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