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Statement On Census Night
Statement On Census Night
ONANDHOUSI
NGCENSUS
Sensi
ti
sat
iononCensusNi
ght
Enumer ati
onofper sonsf orthe2021Popul at
ionandHousi ngCensuscommences
t
h
27 June2021f orselect
edt arget
edpopul ati
onsspecifical
lyt
hosei nt r
ansi
t,short
th
stayinst it
utionsandhomel esshousehol ds.Theenumer ati
onon27 Junewi l
lbe
preceded by t he celebrati
on oft he 2021 Census Ni ght.The essence oft he
celebrationi stor ai
seawar enessforpur posesofr ecall
ingwhereper sonsspentthe
th
nightof27 June.I naddi ti
on,allt
hequest ionst obeaskeddur i
ngenumer at
ionwill
maker eferencet otheCensusNi ght.Forpur posesofrecall,
eventssuchasdur bars,
toll
ingofchur chbel l
s,roadf loat
s,medi abr oadcastsandcul turalshowswi l
lbe
organisedi nal lcommuni t
iest omaket henightmemor able.
Refer
encet otheCensusNi ghti
sforhar monisingresponsesacrossal lper
sonsand
i
snotmeantf orcount
ing.Hence,personsi nGhanaar enotexpect edtot r
avelor
queueataspeci fi
ccentreasisthecasef orelecti
onsandr egist
rati
onexercises.On
th
the27 ni ght
,Enumeratorswoul
dnotv isitanyhouseholdori nst
itut
ionforpurposes
ofcount i
ng.
Thecounti
ngandenumer ati
onofpersonsinhouseholdsandinsti
tut
ionswil
ltake
pl
acebetween28thJuneand11t hJuly.Pleasetakenoteofthepersonsthatwil
l
sl
eepi nyourhousehol
dont heCensusNi ghtbecauseyouwillhavetopr ov
ide
detai
l
edinfor
mati
ononal lofthem (
whetherornottheyareusualmembersoft he
househol
d).
Enumer
atorswil
lwearr efl
ect
ivebl
uejacket
s,hol
dIDcards,andadheretoallCOVID-
19prot
ocols.Pleasecooperatewit
ht hem andensurethatyouarecount ed.Ifan
Enumer
atorv i
sitsiny ourabsence and l
eavesa call
-backcard,kindl
yuse t he
i
nfor
mationprovidedonthecardtoschedul
eanappointmentatyourconvenience.
Thegov er
nmentwi l
lusethecensusdat
atodeterminetheneedsofnat i
ontomake
decisi
onssuchaswher eweneedt obui
ldschoolsf orourchil
dren,how many
hospit
alsareneeded,andwhethertopr
ovi
detreatedsourcesofwater.Busi
nesses
willal
sousethedat atodeci
dewher et
obuil
dnewf act
ori
esandopennewof fi
ces
thatwil
lcr
eatejobs.
YouCount
,GetCount
ed.
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