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Ghana’s census to go digital soon – Bawumia
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that Ghana will no longer require a large-scale census count every 10 years.
He believes that traditional...
Over 500k Ghanaians are divorced – Census report reveals
The latest data from the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) have revealed that 553,065 persons in Ghana have had their marriages dissolved while...
Statistical Service extends Housing and Population Census again!
The Ghana Statistical Service has once more extended the period for this year's Population and Housing census.
The 2021 Population and Housing census was...
Deadline for 2021 Population and Housing Census extended
The Ghana Statistical Service has extended the deadline for the 2021 Population and Housing Census to Sunday, July 18.
The exercise, which started on Monday,...
Landlord threatens to shoot Census enumerator
An enumerator assigned to the Dr Berko Area for the 2021 Population and Housing Census has shared his chilling experience with the Daily Graphic,...
Chief and people of Kandiga boycott census
The Chief and people of Kandiga, a community in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region, say they are not participating in...
Census officials involved in accident; one dead
One person has been reported dead with another injured in an accident involving two officials in the ongoing 2021 Population and Housing Census.
Reports indicate...
2021 Census: What you need to know
The 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) which began Sunday, is expected to end on July 11 with an extra five-day extension period for...
2021 Census: Some enumerators have been verbally abused
Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Annim says some enumerators who were deployed to undertake the census exercise have been verbally abused by some individual respondents.
Speaking...
Akufo-Addo, family counted as census begins [Photos]
President Nana Akufo-Addo and his household have been counted as the 2021 Population and Housing Census officially begins today, June 28, 2021.
The Government...
2021 Census: Household of Bawumia counted
The household of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia was Monday morning, June 28 counted as part of the ongoing 2021 Population and Housing Census.
The...
2021 Census: Mahama’s household counted as he encourages Ghanaians to get counted
Former President John Mahama has once again urged all Ghanaians to make themselves available to be counted during the ongoing National Population and Housing...
Failure to participate in Census attracts a fine or imprisonment – Govt Statistician warns
Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, has reminded all persons resident in Ghana, who intend to abstain from the census exercise, that they could...
Census Night 2021: Statistical Service targets outdoor sleepers, travelers, hotel guests
The Ghana Statistical Service has targeted for enumeration, travelers, people who sleep on the streets (rough sleepers), and guesthouse/hotel guests as it commences the...
Census Night is Sunday June 27
All is set for this year’s Census Night, which falls tomorrow Sunday, June 27, 2021.
The Census Night is the reference date for census enumeration...
2021 Census: More than eight million structures listed
Chief Census Officer, Professor Samuel Kwabena Annim, has announced that more than eight million structures out of the 11 million targeted have been chalked...
2021 Census Enumerators chase Govt over dog bite allowance
Some of the Enumerators of the 2021 population and housing census especially those operating in the urban areas in the Eastern Region are demanding...
Islamic Group deploys Arabic instructors as census ambassadors
The Mamprugu Islamic College of Education in the North East Region has deployed many of its Arabic instructors to help Muslim communities in the...
Census Night: Questions to expect, 23 days to go
“What is your name? How old are you? Where is your hometown? Where did you sleep last night?”
These are some of the questions...
Population and Housing Census: Get counted – Suhum MP urges constituents
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Suhum Constituency, Oboafo Kwadjo Asante, has admonished his constituents to participate fully in this year's nationwide population and...
Census: Get counted – Akufo-Addo urges Ghanaians
President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has launched 30 days countdown to 2021 Population and Housing Census with a call on all to get counted when...
State to conduct census for s3x workers
The Bauchi state government has concluded plans to conduct a headcount of commercial sex workers in the state with a view to having accurate...
Bawumia launches Countdown to Census 2021
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has launched a publicity and preparation campaign dubbed '100 Days Countdown to the 2021 Population and Housing Census'...
This is how much 2021 population census will cost govt…
It has emerged that it will cost the government some GHS521 million to conduct the 2021 population and housing census.
However, the government has so...
Date for 2021 population census announced
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has scheduled the 2021 Population and Housing Census for Sunday, June 27, 2021.
The census was expected to take place...
Bawumia to launch 2021 population and housing census
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, will on Friday launch the countdown to the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) census.
This will help to...
GSS begins training ahead of 2021 population and housing census
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has begun the last phase of training ‘Master Trainers’ for the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) in Winneba.
The...
New date for population census announced
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that the next Population and Housing Census (PHC) has been scheduled for between April and May 2021.
He...
Statistical Service extends deadline for census trainee recruitment
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has extended the deadline for prospective applicants to submit their applications for the pre-certification training programme of trainers for...
GSS to announce new date for population, housing census
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) says the National Census Steering Committee will announce a new date for the commencement of the National Population and...
2020 Population Census will come off – GSS
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) says the 2020 population census will come off though the scheduled date might change. The exercise was to take...
2020 census delayed, new date to be announced
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is expected to announce the
postponement of the Population and Housing Census originally scheduled
for March this year, Myjoyonline...
Wait for data from 2020 population census for new Voters Register – Bernard Mornah...
National Chairman of the People’s National Convention, Bernard Mornah, has asked the Electoral Commission (EC) to halt its plans to compile a new Voters...
Statistical Service to go digital in 2020 census
Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, a statistician at the Ghana Statistical Service, has said that the agency will use successful censuses conducted in other countries...
Population census to be conducted in 2020
Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister has revealed that a new population census would be conducted in 2020 to among others update the country’s statistical...
Three days of mourning begin after Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades
Hong Kong officials have held a moment of silence at the start of a three-day mourning period to remember those killed after the city's...
8 more arrested over fire in Hong Kong that killed over 120 people
At least 128 people are now known to have died in a devastating fire that engulfed multiple high-rise buildings in Hong Kong.
Eight people have...
Girls face the highest risk of sexual violence, often by relatives and trusted adults...
Girls in Ghana face the highest risk of sexual violence at age 15, according to a new national report released by the Ghana Statistical...
GREDA pushes for National Housing Authority and Fund to address housing deficit
Executive Secretary of the Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA), Samuel Amegayibor, has called for the immediate establishment of a National Housing Fund and...
Ghana’s housing deficit nears 2 million, 1.3 million dwelling units sit empty
Ghana’s housing crisis is deepening, with fresh analysis revealing a striking contradiction between rising construction and widespread vacancy.
A JoyNews Research analysis of the 2021...