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GSS chalking and listing of structures: 8 million houses counted so far

GSS chalking and listing of structures: 8 million houses counted so far

Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, has announced that more than eight million structures out of 11 million targeted have been chalked and listed within the last six days.

According to him, the chalking and listing of structures which started on June 14 was expected to end on June 23, and formed the first phase of the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC).

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Addressing the media in Accra on Sunday, Prof. Annim, who is the Chief Census Officer said the enumeration of Ghanaians and foreigners would officially commence on Monday, June 28.

However, the night preceding it which is Sunday, June 27 would be the Census Night which would afford enumerators the opportunity to count persons in transit and the homeless.

He explained that, the exercise would be used to gather comprehensive and accurate data on the population and structures to guide policy formulation and allocation of resources.

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“The two weeks national exercise will end on July 11, 2021 but there is an opportunity for a mop-up to capture those who were not counted,” he noted.

Prof. Annim, said so far about 99.7 per cent data on the structures had been captured thus, leaving about 107,000 structures to be marked in the next four days.

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is the lead agency for conducting the 2021 Census and has earmarked 51,922 Enumeration Areas and 131,739 localities.

The Chief Census Officer identified some challenges encountered during the six days of chalking and listing of structures including boundary disputes, security concerns and long period of power outages in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region.

“For four days, there was no power in the Wa Municipality and thus making it difficult for our census officers to charge their computer tablets,” Prof Annim added.

He said those who obstructed census officers from doing their work would be sanctioned in accordance with the Ghana Statistical Service Legislation.

He said offenders could receive a penalty of not less than 200 penalty units (GHC2,400) and/or one year imprisonment.

The chief census officer urged the media to complement the efforts of the GSS in educating the citizens on the benefit of the PHC.

 

 

Source: www.spotonnews.net

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