Dr Grace Bediako, Government Statistician
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29th July, 2010
Religion Should Not Restrain People From Participating In Census
There should be no reason why for religious bodies should restrain people from participating fully in the 2010 population and Housing Census, says, Dr. Grace Bediako, the government Statistician.
She explained that, since the census was about development, all groupings in the country must co-operate.
Speaking to journalists after the opening of a one week training of trainers’ workshop in Cape Coast yesterday, she said that, since the country was governed by a legal system, all citizens should co-operate to make the census a success.
The about 500 participants, after the workshop, are expected to train some 50,000 field officers who would be recruited for the census in their respective districts.
Dr. Bediako urged the participants to be disciplined, confident and committed in their works stressing that the census required them to study diligently and administer the questionnaires effectively.
“We cannot advise confidently when we are not well conversant with the challenges of the field” she added.
She said census seeks to capture every person in the country for future development purposes, adding “we are not going to leave out any household.”
Dr. Bediako explained that a total of about six million households were expected to be enumerated under the exercise.
The Ghana Statistical Service, she said, had so far received over 117,000 applications for field officers following the completion of its on live application programme.
“The shortlisted candidates are soon to be interviewed and then we will select those that will be trained, assess and further distinguish for the field exercise,” she added.
She appealed to communities, institutions, individuals and groups as development partners, to support the service to make the census “a truly national exercise of unprecedented dimensions.”
The Central Regional Minister, Mrs. Ama Benyiwa-Doe, who opened the workshop, underscored the need for the citizenry to embrace the census since the socio-economic development of the nation depends on data that would be compiled as part of the exercise.
She said that the government was committed to funding the census to make it a success and appealed for support from all organizations in that regard.
She urged the participants to take the course seriously in the training of enumerators and field officers for the exercise.
Mrs. Benyiwa-Doe commended the media for educating the public on the census.
The Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast Prof. D.D. Kuupole, who was the chairman for the function, charged the participants to impart the knowledge they would acquired to the enumerators in their respective districts.
He called for more collaboration between the university and the Ghana Statistical service in future training programmes.
She explained that, since the census was about development, all groupings in the country must co-operate.
Speaking to journalists after the opening of a one week training of trainers’ workshop in Cape Coast yesterday, she said that, since the country was governed by a legal system, all citizens should co-operate to make the census a success.
The about 500 participants, after the workshop, are expected to train some 50,000 field officers who would be recruited for the census in their respective districts.
Dr. Bediako urged the participants to be disciplined, confident and committed in their works stressing that the census required them to study diligently and administer the questionnaires effectively.
“We cannot advise confidently when we are not well conversant with the challenges of the field” she added.
She said census seeks to capture every person in the country for future development purposes, adding “we are not going to leave out any household.”
Dr. Bediako explained that a total of about six million households were expected to be enumerated under the exercise.
The Ghana Statistical Service, she said, had so far received over 117,000 applications for field officers following the completion of its on live application programme.
“The shortlisted candidates are soon to be interviewed and then we will select those that will be trained, assess and further distinguish for the field exercise,” she added.
She appealed to communities, institutions, individuals and groups as development partners, to support the service to make the census “a truly national exercise of unprecedented dimensions.”
The Central Regional Minister, Mrs. Ama Benyiwa-Doe, who opened the workshop, underscored the need for the citizenry to embrace the census since the socio-economic development of the nation depends on data that would be compiled as part of the exercise.
She said that the government was committed to funding the census to make it a success and appealed for support from all organizations in that regard.
She urged the participants to take the course seriously in the training of enumerators and field officers for the exercise.
Mrs. Benyiwa-Doe commended the media for educating the public on the census.
The Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast Prof. D.D. Kuupole, who was the chairman for the function, charged the participants to impart the knowledge they would acquired to the enumerators in their respective districts.
He called for more collaboration between the university and the Ghana Statistical service in future training programmes.
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