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Recall that a group of northern leaders had urged President Muhammadu Buhari to shift the census due to the large numbers of displaced persons and the proximity of the exercise to the 2023 elections.
Yakasai claimed that the Southerners have bought some of the northern leaders and are afraid the north will further assert its numerical advantage during the 2023 general elections with the census.
Reacting to the call, Yakasai said the leaders under the aegis of Northern Leaders of Thought do not want the North and the country to progress, asking the President to ignore the call for postponement.
Yakasai argued that the conduct of the census should not have any effect on the 2023 elections, adding that there is a motive behind the call for the postponement of the exercise scheduled to hold between April and May.
He said with Nigeria already several years behind on the timeline for the census, it would be wrong to further delay the exercise as all resources already committed would turn to wastage..
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