EAD Data To Be Used For Zip Codes Generation – NPC Bos

The National Population Commission (NPC) has revealed that the products from the Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) carried out by the commission ahead of the 2018 population census can also be used by NIPOST to generate zip codes for the country.
Chairman of the commission, Chief Eze Duruiheoma, who stated this in Abuja, stressed that the significance of the exercise would go beyond the conduct of the 2018 census as the commission planned to establish and maintain a national frame including locality list and house numbering for future censuses and surveys.
According to him, the EAD forms the basis for the planning and execution of the census project, and the total number of EAs and its distribution are required for census planning particularly the deployment of personnel, logistics and materials for the pretest, trial census, the main census and the post enumeration survey.
Speaking further,  Duruiheoma explained that in the post census period, the products of EAD would also be required for effective dissemination of the census data particularly at the small area level.
In recognition of this fact, he explained that the commission had adopted a meticulous and gradual approach to the 2018 census EAD that would allow for practical experimentation of the methodology and necessary adjustment in implementation and flexibility.
“It is in this regard that the commission is deploying sophisticated technology in carrying out the EAD. The methodology for the census is designed to achieve full Geographic Information System (GIS) compliance. High resolution satellite imagery will be used to ensure that no area is left demarcated or no place is duplicated,” he further pointed out.
The EAD is part of the pre-census activities for the 2018 population census. The commission had earlier demarcated 37 local government areas in the 36 states and the FCT. It is at present demarcating another 37 LGAs as it hopes to complete the exercise in the remaining 700 LGAs before the end of the year.