The Guyana National Population and Housing Census was yesterday launched with President Irfaan Ali underscoring the importance of the data that will be collected, as he pleaded with the public to cooperate to ensure a successful exercise.
“A lot of questions are asked: What will be our migration policy? What will be our policy? What will be our national policy on meeting the labour requirement? What will be our immigration policy as a country? Well guess what, this census is critical in allowing us the opportunity to formulate those policies based on data,” Ali stressed as he delivered the keynote address at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, in Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown.
Placing emphasis on the importance of data collection, not just to Guyana but globally, Ali said that with data in hand, the work of policymakers is about “75 per cent complete” and plans made going forward are guaranteed to be data driven.
