Ortom Commends Buhari For Postponing Census
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Saturday, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for “listening to the voice of reason” and approving the postponement of the 2023 National Population Census.
In a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Terver Akase, the governor stated that in an appeal to the Federal Government on April 13, he had called for the exercise to be postponed until adequate security was guaranteed in the country.
The governor had argued that conducting the census would amount to injustice and deprivation of “millions” of displaced Nigerians.
“I want to say that the Federal Government should suspend the issue of census because it looks like the proposed census is coming with an agenda,” the governor was quoted as having said.