The country goes into a very critical national event tomorrow, the population census.
National Statistician John Igitoi told the media this week they are ready to deliver the census which should run for two weeks
Tonight will be the reference night, a culture where all questions asked will refer to tonight to avoid double counting or miscounting
Children born after tonight are usually not counted
Mr Igitoi has told the media recently there will be six critical questions asked referencing them to tonight and it should take about five minutes to complete
One key question would be where did one sleep tonight
He said this week household and population data for the country are obselete and we need fresh information for development planning.
The country had the last census in 2011
Everyone is encouraged to register and ensure the national household and population census is delivered successfully nationwide
Although there is hype that all is good, there are reports from provinces about a lack of funding to effect the census count tomorrow
There is also late start to training and dispatch of census materials like manuals and tablets despite the National Census scheduled to start tomorrow Monday 17th June, and ending 30th.
National Statistician John Igitoi told the media this week some provinces may start training this week after their release of funding this week
Minister for Administration Service Richard Masere says the national event is for the Monday start, however the situation on the ground in provinces say otherwise
Census resources and funding have reportedly not reached the provinces.
NBCNational News has been reliably informed that in West Sepik- they are still waiting for census materials to arrive in the province.
This is also the same for Mline Bay, which is also facing a delay in release of funding, affecting training for enumerators which may take place next week.
In West New Britain, Local level Governments are running training and Western Highlands is yet to start
In the Western Province, there is no funding yet to roll out the census, and prepare census materials.
We have received reports that training for enumerators began just four days away from the main event tomorrow.
Негізгі бет PNG Census reference night
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