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“Where the Council of State advises the President to reject the report upon the ground – (a) that the population census contained in the report is inaccurate; or “(b) that the report is perverse, the President shall reject the report accordingly and no reliance shall be placed upon any such report by any authority or person or for any purpose whatsoever.” As at the time of filing this report, no official of NPC was willing to speak on the approval by the President.
“The President shall within thirty days after receipt of the report lay copies of the report before the Council of State, which shall consider the report and advise the President whether to accept it or reject it.
“I think the President will make a proclamation very soon after necessary consultation and advisory from the Council of State.” The Third Schedule, Part 1 (5) of the 199 Constitution says in part: “The Council of State shall have the power to advise the President in the exercise of his powers concerning the (i) National Population Census and compilation; publication and keeping of records and other information concerning the sam.
“Where the Council of State advises the President to accept the report, the President shall accept the same and shall then lay the report on the table of each House of the National Assembly.
Section 213 (1) of the 1999 Constitution says: “Any report of the National Population Commission containing the population census after every census shall be delivered to the President by the Chairman of the Commission..
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