You may no longer be considered part of Nigeria if… – NPC Chairman

Information emerging from the quarters of the National Population Commission (NPC) has shows that Nigerians whose data are not captured for the next census might lose their citizenship.
This was made known by the Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Mr. Festus Odimegwu, who said any Nigerian who is not captured in the next demographic survey beginning next year will not be recognised as a citizen of Nigeria, after the 2016 national population census.
The NPC chairman, who was speaking at the second National Family Planning Conference in Abuja on Wednesday, declared that the N600 billion needed to conduct the exercise, which would capture biometric data over five years, would be generated by the NPC from the sale of data to the private sector if the Federal Government cannot provide it.
Odimegwu also said the NPC had set up a demographic data base structure, adding that they would produce reliable demographic data base that would cover 200,000 communities in the country. “Anybody that is not covered in that census will not be part of Nigeria,” he said.