Huambo - The director of the National Statistics Institute (INE) in central Huambo, Rúben Gomes, assured on Monday that all constraints related to the rejection by some families of field agents have been overcome.
Speaking to ANGOP, Gomes, who did disclose many details, said the situation has been overcome with the intensification of awareness and clarification campaigns for households, who refused to receive census takers in their homes.
He added that these actions included the involvement and direct participation of the local government, census agents, traditional authorities, churches and civil society organizations.
Rúben Gomes said that these families just needed additional clarification about the importance of the General Population and Housing Census, which is taking place since September 19.
He highlighted that field agents are trained to report these rejections in a timely manner to enable immediate solutions in order to streamline the process without hindrance.
The census record currently consists of the effective collection of data based on listing the dwellings, heads of households and interviewing one of the responsible members of the families.
Census 2024 continues with data collection on collective housing, occupied by individuals over a period of six months.
Set to end on October 19, the General Population and Housing Census is taking place under the motto “Together we count for Angola”.
This is the third General Population and Housing Census in the country's history, the first carried out in 1970, five years before National Independence proclaimed on November 11, 1975, while the second took place in 2014.
The process will enable the Angolan state to know, with precision, the number of inhabitants in the country, how many men, women, children and elderly people, where they live and how they live, for better planning and distribution of essential services to Angolans. LT/ALH/AMP
