The Bureau of Statistics has extended the enumeration exercise for the 2012 census and will continue work until month end with the aim of completing the population count.
Chief Census Officer Lennox Benjamin said that “…the concept of the census is that there should be a total count, therefore the enumeration period would be brought to a close when the enumerators have completed a total count of the resident population.”
According to a press release, the enumeration exercise started on Census Day, September 15, and was projected to last for an initial period of six weeks. “The six-week time frame was an administrative decision based on best estimates at
