2021PHC: Cage your dogs, don’t count yourself out - Public urged

A census officer and head of the enumeration team at the Sunyani Bakoniaba zone in the Sunyani Municipality, Benjamin Okyere Boakye is appealing to the general public to get involved in the 2021 population and housing census which began the night of  Sunday, June 27 urging them to cage their dogs for the safety of the census officers as they embark on the exercise.

He noted that the data collection exercise would go a long way to assist the government in providing social amenities to communities that need them.

A Population Census is the official enumeration of all persons in a country at a specified time. The enumeration also implies the collection, compilation, evaluation, analysis, publication and dissemination of demographic, social and economic statistics relating to the population.

A Housing Census is the official enumeration of all living quarters (occupied and vacant) in a country at a specified time. This enumeration also implies the collection, compilation, evaluation, analysis, publication, and dissemination of statistical data pertaining to these living quarters and the occupants.

Ghana has conducted five post-independent population censuses in 1960, 1970, 1984, 2000 and 2010 with the last two consisting of both a population census and a housing census making the 2021 PHC the third Population and Housing Census to be conducted in Ghana.

The 2021 PHC is designed to generate statistics that are essential for policy and planning purposes.