A
committee to take charge of District Census Implementation has been inaugurated
at the conference Hall in the Municipal Assembly.
Swearing in of the District Census Implementation
Committee
The
municipal coordinating Director Mr. Ayambire Akaditi who represented the
Municipal Chief Executive, welcomed all dignitaries present and thanked them
for making time to be present and acknowledged that the population and housing
census is an indispensable governance tool which is required to ensure that
good governance and democracy works for all. He said the inauguration would
provide an opportunity for those in the Municipality to plan and successfully
implement the 2020 Population and Housing Census and the outcome of the census
would improve policy making in the Municipality.
The municipal
coordinating Director Mr. Ayambire Akaditi addressing the gathering
Mr.
Akaditi continued by expressing confidence in the yet to be inaugurated
committee and said he had no doubt that the depth of knowledge and experience
of the members of the District Census Implementation Committee being
inaugurated will provide the compliment of skills and competencies needed for
the successful conduct of the census in the Municipality and assure good
quality results.
He
mentioned that, correct data from the census can go a long way to help the Assembly
allocate resources to its respective communities and urged the Assembly, chiefs
and people of Tano South to support all efforts that the Ghana Statistical
Service would make with respect to the census and advised people to avail
themselves for the census.
He
charged the District Census Implementation Committee to do all it takes to
execute the job with the best of their abilities and not to disappoint.
The
Regional Statistician for Ahafo, Mr. Bernard Oduro, outlined the importance of
the Census Data, he mentioned that it ensures that Ghana’s Data Systems remains
current, updated and relevant to policy and decision making amongst others. He
mentioned that the 2020 census is more unique than any other census done in the
previous years; he said this year’s process would be heavily dependent on
technology. GPS coordinates will be picked for all structures and communities,
there will be an in-built quality control system for internal consistency
validation of the data collected, all EAs maps have been digitized and this
would allow for information to be validated and plotted on maps.
The Regional
Statistician for Ahafo, Mr. Bernard Oduro educating the committee
Mr.
Oduro outlined some of the preparations done so far towards the implementation
of the census; He mentioned that census questionnaires have been developed and
tested, two trial census have been conducted, national census committees have
been formed and many more.
On publicity and education strategy for the
census, he said publicity and public education are very essential for the
successful implementation of the census. He said the key message is to make
every person in Ghana aware of the 2020 Population and housing Census and the
need for their participation.
Ending
his address, he mentioned the responsibilities of the District Census Implementation
Committees and charged them not to put up any lackadaisical attitude towards
work but rather do their best to make the implementation a success.
