The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has given a firm assurance that it is well prepared to deliver the 2020 Population and Housing Census (PHC) on schedule.
The Head of Publicity, Education and Advocacy for the 2020 Census, Mr Francis Nyarko Larbi, who gave the assurance, said the GSS was optimistic that it would meet the timelines for the exercise because the resource and logistical requirements for the census had been catered for.
Mr Larbi said barring any last-minute hitches, the census would begin on March 15, 2020, with the first two weeks expected to be used for listing, a process that comprises the zoning and coding of the number of houses and structures to be covered in the census.
“An online recruitment process has already begun and we are optimistic that the required human resource will be trained for the take-off of the exercise as planned,” he said.
He added that processes to recruit and train officials for the census had begun and would be completed by the beginning of March before the exercise on March 15.
“The training will be carried out at the national, regional and district levels, with the training of trainers at the national level expected to start this January,” he said.
Mr Larbi said the census, estimated to cost GH¢477 million, would require the recruitment of over 60,000 people.
