CO-OPERATE WITH CENSUS ENUMERATORS — DR BEDIAKO (PAGE 54, AUGUST 2, 2010)

THE Government Statistician, Dr Grace Bediako,  has admonished all Ghanaians, irrespective of their religious, ethnic and socio-cultural group values and beliefs to co-operate with the census enumerators to ensure the success of the exercise.
She said no matter their beliefs and values, it should be the social responsibility of all to help accomplish the aims and objectives of the census since it would provide the vital data and statistics for planning and development.
Addressing the opening ceremony of the 2010 Population and Housing Census Training of district trainers at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in Cape Coast, Dr Bediako said the government had taken the necessary measures for the success of the exercise.
She outlined the various processes which had been initiated and urged the about 2,000 participants who would be training the district level trainers to be committed to excellence and devotion to duty.
Dr Bediako said the importance, magnitude and challenges of the exercise called for hard work and in-depth knowledge of the methods, which required discipline, determination and strong desire to excel.
Dr Bediako, therefore, urged all communities, institutions, individuals and groups as well as development partners to join hands with the Ghana Statistical Service to make the census a success.
The Central Regional Minister, Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe, reminded the trainers of the essence of the census and the need to ensure adequate data, which called for highly trained and skilled field staff to handle.
She also expressed the hope that the participants would take advantage of the workshop to update their skills and knowledge to enhance the exercise.
Mrs Benyiwa-Doe called on the citizenry to support the personnel who would be engaged in the exercise for the government to get a reliable national data for planning to achieve the “Better Ghana Agenda.”
The Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the UCC, Professor D.D. Kuupole who chaired the function, said the vital outcome of the census called for competence, confidence and tolerance from the personnel deployed for the enumeration.
He advised the participants to be guided by those and other important national interests and factors for the total success of the exercise.