The census, The Guardian gathered, will help to determine the structure of enterprises in Nigeria by sectors and the spread across the states and all the 774 Local Government Areas in the country, as well as help to classify businesses into micro, small, medium and large establishments.
He said the forum was intended to instill a high sense of ownership and inclusion in its quest to provide government and other users of statistics with adequate, reliable and timely statistical information for evidence-based policy formulation. He noted that the process of blocking had been completed, while work on segmentation was on-going with challenges that would require the support of all who have a stake in the success of the census.
Among the objectives, he said it would harmonise the frames, instruments, concepts, standards and methodology for industrial and business surveys in Nigeria as well as provide benchmark for subsequent commercial and industrial sector statistics.