NPC, Surveyor General’s office partner on census, mapping

Uzo said that the partnership became imperative because OSGOF was in charge of mapping of the entire country, adding that  in the past, census results were always disputed and stressed that adequate mapping would help the commission carry out verifiable population survey by 2016.He said, “Census results are usually contentious like electoral results, so we […]

Uzo said that the partnership became imperative because OSGOF was in charge of mapping of the entire country, adding that  in the past, census results were always disputed and stressed that adequate mapping would help the commission carry out verifiable population survey by 2016.
He said, “Census results are usually contentious like electoral results, so we want to be able to map out our generation areas in a way that people can see, feel and touch them.
“The first step in achieving acceptable, reasonable and verifiable census result is to have proper area demarcation which can only be made possible through an appropriate resolution of digital image and we believe this can be possible by working with you.”
Uzo said NPC had looked at different resolutions and had engaged many vendors, but decided to partner OSGOF because of the user licence it had and its capacity building initiatives.  He said the commission considered it necessary to work with the Surveyor-General’s office in order to get the images that would form the necessary specification of what is needed and get them at a critical time.
Reacting, Surveyor General of the Federation, Prof. Peter Nwilo expressed   his office readiness to work with the NPC.   
 He said, “We have 2.5m resolution of the entire country and in order to be sure that you can verify some of the figures you get, you may have to employ three dimensional image resolutions.
 “We hope that subject to the approval of the President, we will be able to acquire some graphical cameras and other high-tech equipment that will help us get our desired objectives. I want to assure you of the support of this office at all times and we will work with you very diligently to achieve our goals.”