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Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor has assured citizens that the census is ongoing, stating that it is a process and not an event.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I said days ago, this is an entire process, not an event and we are making sure that this process will enable us to assure our citizens that the census is ongoing, people are being counted and there are very very many success stories coming from the different places that have been enumerated,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

According to the Vice President, the total number of people counted so far is 35,991 or 5% of the country\u2019s estimated population of 5 million people, while the listing of households is estimated at 175,125 or 11%.<\/p>\n

The counting and all other processes in relation to the conduct of the census will be completed by December 2, and those areas that have not been counted will be reached and people will be enumerated by Nov 28, Howard-Taylor said at a press conference yesterday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that with the finance payments made, we are hoping that by Nov 28 latest, those areas that have difficulties will be covered. Some people have telephones that are not attached to their names. So funds cannot be sent to them for a few other technical issues, but we hope to resolve them by this Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, those who are in the field, we want to encourage you to continue doing what you are doing. The supervisors will get to those who have not yet gotten paid,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The Vice President\u2019s assurance comes as the ongoing census, conducted by the Institute for Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), got off to a shaky start, leading to public criticism against the LISGIS leadership.<\/p>\n

LISGIS has so far faced questioning regarding its recruitment of enumerators, inadequate deployment of census materials, as well as payment of enumerators.<\/p>\n

Since the country\u2019s last census was held in 2008, the next census should have been conducted by 2018, the first year of the George Weah administration. However, the government has struggled to host the census years as mandated by, the country\u2019s 1986 Constitution<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s census, however, is the first in 15 years and is expected to produce new constituencies in the run-up to the Liberian general and presidential elections in 2023.<\/p>\n

The lack of a census then means that the country’s government has been missing out on accurate data, which is essential <\/b>to inform economic <\/b>planning, development,<\/b> enforcement, and policy decisions.<\/p>\n

The 2008 census registered a total count of 3.5 million people, while the three prior censuses ever conducted in the history of Liberia \u2014 recorded 1.1 million people in 1962; 1.5 million in 1974, and 2.1 million in 1984.<\/p>\n

Weeks ago, LISGIS, Acting Director General Wilmot Smith, and the Deputy Director General for Statistics and Data Processing, Alex M. Williams were sacked by President George Weah for \u201cNegligence and Unseriousness\u201d, as a result of huge public outcry as it relates to the handling of the census, which has led to serious public criticism.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Vice President has disclosed that there are over 16,000 enumerators in the field, while 14,000 of them have already received their funding \u2014 leaving a small gap of about 8,000 persons who have not gotten paid.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut plans have been put in place to ensure that they get their pay by Friday, November 25. Going forward, LISGIS will start a full, robust communication strategy to inform citizens on activities at LISGIS,\u201d Howard- Taylor explained. \u201cThere will be regular briefings so the country will be aware of where we are, what’s happening, who’s being counted. We hope that the numbers being used will ensure that everyone is being counted.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope this process can continue towards the first week of December 2022, where we will now have ninety percent of people being counted.\u201d<\/p>\n

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