Nasir Isa Kwarra

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Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra
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Born (1959-10-04) 4 October 1959 (age 65)
Wamba, Nasarawa State Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Alma mater University of Jos
EmployerFederal Government of Nigeria
Organization National Population Commission
TitleChairman, National Population Commission
TermOctober 2020 till date
PredecessorEze Duruiheoma, SAN

Nasir Isa Kwarra (born 4 October 1959) is a Nigerian administrator and a former banker who serves as the chairman, National Population Commission, Nigeria. [1] He was appointed Chairman by President Muhammadu Buhari and confirmed by the Nigerian Senate on 15 October 2020. [2]

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He began his career as a trainee banking officer in 1986 and became the deputy manager between 1989–1996. He also worked with the Management Board of Petroleum Equalization Fund between 1996–2006 and was the Zonal Manager of Operations. He was the pioneer Commissioner of Finance and Planning, Nasarawa State from 1997–1998. Between 2007–2010 he served as a Member, Nasarawa State Judicial Service Commission. [3] Nasir Isa Kwarra  was appointed a Member Board of Directors, Federal Medical Centre Owo, Ondo State 2013 – 2015. [4]

Early life and education

Nasir Isa Kwarra is from Wamba Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. He began his educational pursuit at a tender age. He obtained his West Africa School Certificate from Government College Katsina State Nigeria in 1978. He is also an alumnus of the University of Jos where he obtained a BSc in Economics in 1983 and an MSc in Economics in 1985. [4]

Career

Public service

Nasir Isa Kwarra has held various positions in the course his Public Service career which has spanned over two decades. He was the pioneer Commissioner of Finance and Planning, Nasarawa State from 1997 – 1998. [4] His Tenure as Federal Commissioner at National Population Commission between 2018 - October 2020 and his background in Planning and Management culminated in his appointment as Chairman National Population Commission (NPC) Nigeria. [5] [6] He has also represented Nigeria at several forums both within and outside the country.

National Population Commission

Nasir Isa Kwarra was appointed Chairman, National Population Commission in 2020. [2] Upon his appointment he embarked on several reforms aimed at repositioning the Commission in pursuant of its constitutional mandates of providing demographic data for development planning. [7] [8]

He proposed and implemented the first ever digital and Green Census programme in Nigeria which commenced with electronic data collection modules developed within the Commission. [9] [10] [11]

The Green Census Initiative is Kwarra's commitment to making Census more sustainable and environmentally friendly. The initiative will use digital technology to reduce the use of paper and other resources, and it will also promote the use of renewable energy sources during the census. [12]

He believes that with his reforms Censuses in Nigeria will produce  accurate,reliable, verifiable and acceptable data in Nigeria and also will be more cost-effective and efficient. [13]

He organized several capacity building  workshops to enhance the technical and management efficiency of staff in preparation for Census and other surveys at various levels. He believes workshops are important end-to-end knowledge acquisition platforms for understanding the operations, processes and responsibilities of staff and also develop effective synergy of operations between departments of the Commission. [14]

At the launch of the Revised National Policy on Population for Sustainable Development, Nasir Isa Kwarra, noted that the document would help in effective population management, stressing the need for urgent measures to address Nigeria's high fertility rate, through expanding access to modern contraceptive methods across the country. The policy aims to control population growth and fertility in the Nigeria. [15] [16]

His Vision of an Electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System (eCRVS) and Geo-spatial Data Repository was launched by President Bola Tinubu on 6 November 2023.  The digital platform aims to cover all Civil Registrations including birth,stillbirth,and death registrations, birth attestation, adoption, marriage notification, divorce notification, migration. The system is designed to generate accurate and comprehensive demographic data for policy-making, planning, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes and projects. [17] [18] [19]

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References

  1. ↑ Usman, Samson Atekojo (15 October 2020). "Senate confirms Nasir Isa Kwarra as NPC Chairman". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  2. 1 2 Salau, Abdullateef (16 October 2020). "Senate confirms Kwarra as NPC chair, 11 others as commissioners". Daily Trust. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "Nasarawa State Judicial Service Commission | Past & Present". www.nsjsc.org.ng. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 "Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra: A digital and Transformative Chairman @63". Erevision MediaTV - News, Documentaries, Live Coverages. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  5. ↑ Baiyewu, Leke (11 October 2018). "Senate confirms 22 NPC commissioner-nominees, drops one". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  6. ↑ Adeniyi, Enioluwa (15 October 2020). "Senate Confirms Isa Kwarra As NPC Chairman". Naija News. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "National Population Commission Decree 1989 (No. 23 of 1989)". Annual Revised Population Law. 16 (4). Nigeria: 3–5. 19 October 1989. ISSN   0364-3417. PMID   12344406.
  8. ↑ National Population Commission Annual Report. National Population Commission (Report). Vol. 1. Abuja: Printek. 2019. p. 1.
  9. ↑ Shuaibu, Faruk (17 May 2022). "NPC seeks legislation for digital census". Daily Trust. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  10. ↑ Alabi, Quadri (25 April 2023). "2023 census npc ready to deliver first digital population census". Vanguard Nigeria. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  11. ↑ "NPC Acquires Personal Digital Assistant for Census - Trending News". TVC News. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  12. ↑ Okafor, Chiamaka (7 March 2023). "17 years after, Nigeria set to hold green national census". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  13. ↑ AbdulRahman, Alabidun Shuaib (14 June 2023). "2023 Census Will Make Future Exercise Less Expensive – NPC". IntercontinentalNews247. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  14. ↑ "NPC Boss Assures of Reliable Consensus". National Population Commission (Press release). 27 March 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  15. ↑ "Nigeria Seeks Urgent Measures to Address High Fertility Rate as President Buhari Launches Revised Population Policy". The Statehouse (Press release). Abuja. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  16. ↑ Tunji, Sami (1 December 2022). "NPC begins campaign to curb population explosion". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  17. ↑ Ocheni, Deborah; Telegraph, New (8 November 2023). "Tinubu Launches Digital System For Birth, Death Registration". New Telegraph. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  18. ↑ Tunji, Sami (10 August 2022). "NPC develops birth, death registration app". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  19. ↑ "Launching of the National Geospatial Data Repository, the Digital Civil Registration & Vital Statistics System and the Inauguration of the National CRVS Coordination Committee". National Population Commission (Press release). 6 November 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
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