 The House of Representatives has urged the federal government to immediately suspend the proposed 2021 population and housing census to be conducted by the National Population Commission due to insecurity. Shehu Beji, who represents APC Niger, while moving the motion of urgent public importance on the floor of the House on Wednesday, Ngabuja, bemoaned the state of insecurity in the country. He said the current insecurity had displaced numerous citizens, dwellers of various communities to be captured in the exercise. The lawmaker said that some displaced persons had even crossed over to neighboring countries for refuge and would not be captured if the census was conducted. The House therefore called on the federal government to suspend the upcoming census exercise until the security of the country stabilized, while mandating the relevant committee to inquire about the work plans of the NPC on the census.