A publicity committee for the 2020 population and housing census, chaired by Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has been inaugurated by government.

In his inaugural address, Mr Oppong Nkrumah stressed the importance of publicity for a successful census and charged the Ghana Statistical Service and its stakeholders to work together to drive the population to buy into the Census programme and avail themselves to provide the needed information to guide policymaking in Ghana.


He said countries all over the world have depended extensively on census data to guide their planning and monitoring of both national and international policy interventions.

“The 2020 Population and Housing Census is expected to provide a reliable database for policy reviews and ensure systematic improvement in the implementation of government’s on-going interventions such as Planting for Food and Jobs, NABCO, LEAP, youth in Agriculture among others that may be developed in the course of the next decade” he added.

He said President Nana Akufo-Addo’s commitment in ensuring a successful conduct of the 2020 Population Census by the Ghana Statistical Service is not in doubt following the creation of six new Regions and over 40 new districts.

Mr. Oppong Nkrumah who is also the MP for Ofoase reiterated government’s support and readiness to provide the requisite resources to enable the Statistical Service and the Publicity Committee to succeed in this national assignment.

A second trial census is expected to begin on November 18 2019 in parts of Kpone Katamanso Municipality in the Greater Accra region, parts of Aowin municipality in the Western North Region, the whole of Ekumfi District in the Central Region and the entire Krachi-Nchumuru district in the Oti Region.