25 DISTRICTS GET PRIORITY IN CENCUS MOP UP
EXERCISE
The Ghana Statistical
Service (GSS) has named 25 districts for priority interventions in its mop-up
exercise following the extension of the 2021 Population and Housing Census to
July 30, this year.
The districts are in
the Greater Accra, Central, Western, Eastern and Volta regions.
“In view of the
uncompromising goal of counting everyone, the data collection exercise has been
further extended in selected areas across the country.
“The identification of
the selected areas for extension and the accompanying duration are driven by a
number of factors including calls received from persons in Ghana on their
status and experience of the enumeration, departure from benchmark indicators
and assessment of the coverage and quality of data received so far,” a
statement issued by the GSS last Monday said.
The districts are Ga
West, Ga North, Adentan Municipal, Kpone Katamanso, Ledzokuku, Tema West, La
Nkwantanang -Madina Municipal, Ga East, Ayawaso West Municipal, Shai Osudoku,
Awutu Senya East, Krowor Municipal and Ningo Prampram.
The statement further gave an assurance that no one would be left out in the exercise as the exercise intended to capture the data of everyone.
“The GSS wishes to
assure members of the public who are yet to be counted that no one will be left
behind as 2021 PHC aims for complete coverage and generation of quality data
for decision-making,” it said.
According to the GSS,
the data collection exercise which was originally scheduled from June 27 to
July 11, 2021, led to the successful enumeration of 85 per cent of the expected
households.
As of the end of the
sixth day of the initial seven-day extension (July 12-18, 2021) 94 per cent of
the expected households had been enumerated.
“In all 16 regions,
data collected exceeded three-quarters of the expected data, with all of them
surpassing 90 per cent with the exception of Greater Accra,” the statement
indicated.
The GSS and its Census
Management appealed to members of the public who were still unwilling to be
enumerated to cooperate with enumerators and allow themselves to be counted,
adding that the next update will be on Friday, July 30, 2021.
“To persons yet to be
counted, please make yourselves available by using the call-back card or
informing your neighbours when you would be available,” the statement further
said.
It also urged members
of the public who were yet to be counted to contact the census call centre on
the toll-free number 0800-426-426 or any of the other numbers 059-147-6895,
020-685-0157 059-147-6893, 059- 47-6884, 020-685-0157, and 055-162-5567.
It said the GSS had
instituted physical visits to selected households for purposes of verifying
information collected by its field officers and that those visits will be done
by field monitors who will be wearing field monitor’s jackets branded with the
2021 PHC and GSS logos and carrying photo ID.
“GSS has also
instituted outbound calls to selected members of the public for same purpose of
verifying information collected by its Field Officers. For the safety and
security of respondents as well as adherence to data privacy and
confidentiality, the following are the numbers to be used during the outbound
calls: 059-447-7453; 059-447-7441; 059-448- 0477; 059-447-7502; 059-447-7503;
059-448-0626; 054-582-7362; 054-582-7332; 026-412-7462; 026- 412-7471;
026-412-7481; 026-412-7478.