"NIGERIA NEEDS A CREDIBLE NATIONAL POPULATION CENSUS IN THIS 21ST CENTURY"

The true national population figures must never be politicized by any serious minded nation that desires to experience an effective national planning, tangible progress and visible development. Nigeria as a nation has never conducted any national population census that is credible or truly reflects her real population figures of Nigeria today. This population subject remains the most divisive national matter in Nigeria today for two main reasons, which are:(i). To make one geopolitical region of Nigeria bigger than the other regions or to make one religion in Nigeria bigger that the other religions for the primary purpose of political domineering, marginalization, politics and elections. (ii). The more population in one region or state of Nigeria implies more money from the federal purse for that region or state. The current revenue allocation formula is based on the population size of each state or region of Nigeria. I do not care if a dog or a cat is nominated to head the National Population Commission (NPC) of Nigeria by President Jonathan Goodluck to conduct a very credible national population census for Nigeria for the first since 1914 to date.