The National Bureau of Statistic (NBS) has kicked off 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) and National Immunization Coverage Survey (NICS) targeting 20 households in each of the 50 clusters selected in Kaduna state.
The survey, which aimed at seeking household data particularly for women and children in the area of education, health, potable water to mitigate school drop out and address mortality among women and children, will cover the 23 local government areas in Kaduna state and will take 67 days.
Addressing the flag-off of the survey at Ungwan Rimi, Kaduna North local government area of Kaduna state on Thursday, Kaduna state Officer, National Bureau of Statistics, Mr Joshua Bonat Makoshi, said the survey will help government plan welfare programmes for the people.
“We are here to flag-off the 2021 MICS/NICS in Kaduna state to generate data for women and children for government to plan. The people should give us accurate data and cooperate with our enumerators. The data will help government reduce mortality, address drop out from school, poverty, standard of living and people’s vulnerability to insecurity.
“The MICS/NICS survey takes place every five years. The survey shows the needs of the people in the area of health, education, water to enable government plan on the welfare of the people,” he said.
Also speaking, the Overseer, Kaduna state Bureau of Statistics, Mr Jonah Justice Yusuf, said 10 enumerators, a monitor and a supervisor would carry out the survey.
“There would be 10 enumerators, monitor and supervisor for the job. They would carry out the task across the 23 local government areas for 67 days,” he said.
The District Head of Gabasawa, Ungwar Rimi, Alhaji Abubakar Ibrahim, said the people of the community would cooperate with the enumerators.
