Liberia: Senate Adjusts Census Date to March 2023

Liberia: Senate Adjusts Census Date to March 2023 

MONROVIA – The Liberian Senate has set the calendar for the conduct of the National Census in March 2023.

Plenary’s decision followed a lengthy debate on Thursday, June 16, 2022, based on a report from its Committee on Autonomous Agencies & Commissions. 

LISGIS through the Senate Committee on Autonomous Agencies and Commissions had earlier proposed the Conduct of the Census from October 16-28, 2023.

The Senate’s decision to reject LISGIS proposed date arose out of concerns raised by several Senators during the debate on the report that the census be rescheduled for March 2023 due to what they described as deplorable road conditions in several counties and the consequences of rainfall in October that they believed would hamper the movement of not only LISGIS workers but citizens of many parts of the country.