In view of the operational difficulties of the census and the successive postponements of the end of the operation in the field, the president of the Democratic Union of Cameroon calls on the government, partners, and populations not yet counted.
The quality of the expected results at the end of the 4th General Census of Population and Housing coupled with the General Census of Agriculture and Livestock concerns the Democratic Union of Cameroon (UDC). The party president, Mayor Patricia Tomaino Ndam Njoya, expresses her concern in a statement made public on August 23.
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Motivated by the double postponement of the deadline scheduled for the end of the census as well as the five years taken to publish the results of the 3rd Census conducted in 2005, the politician questions. She wonders about the efficiency and performance of the system. As well as the willingness to make the accurate statistics public.
Launched on April 24, 2026, the operation will extend until September 15. In total, it will have lasted five months. Yet, in 2021, Ivory Coast counted nearly 30 million inhabitants in five weeks. This concern leads the political leader to call on the government and partners.
The former deputy proposes making the census more inclusive. To ensure that census agents receive their full allowances. To set up fixed points where populations not yet counted can do so. For the credibility of the operation, Tomaino Ndam Njoya also asks the government to develop a schedule of activities to be respected for the centralization of results. To the populations who are dragging their feet, the UDC calls for effort.
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For the party, the census is not a political campaign. It is an operation aimed at updating data on the population, housing, agriculture, and livestock, in order to facilitate strategic, socio-economic, political, and institutional decision-making.
After its launch in April to end on May 29, the census continues thanks to two extensions. The first, decided by the Prime Minister on May 29, planned the end of operations on July 31. On the same day, the head of government decided on a new extension setting the end of the census on September 15. The ongoing activities aim to count 40% of the remaining population.
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