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The Presidency has queried Chief Festus Odimegwu, Chairman of the National Population Commission, over his reported negative comments on the nation’s past census.
Odimegwu had in a recent interview with journalists in Abuja said the country had not had any credible census since 1816.
He had blamed the irregularity on the distortion and falsification of figures for selfish and political reasons.
A source in the Presidency said, “Odimegwu was queried over some comments that were credited to him in the newspapers”.
According to Punch, Odimegwu has denied being queried.
“There is nothing wrong,” he said when contacted on the query and the alleged suspension, adding, “it is the propaganda of those who are jittery concerning the reforms we are bringing to the NPC.”
“What they are saying is not true; it is blackmail. It is propaganda and that is their wish. You should know that if wishes were horses, beggars would be riding every day,” he stated.
Meanwhile, the Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankanso, at a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan faulted the appointment of the NPC boss and called for his immediate sack.