Gov’t highlights importance of 2015 census

AMMAN — The government cannot prepare its various plans and programmes without having a comprehensive database on the country’s population, Interior Minister Salameh Hammad said Monday.

At a meeting on the implementation of the 2015 general population census, attended by Planning and International Cooperation Minister Imad Fakhoury and Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications Mohammad Momani, Hammad stressed the need to ensure coordination among all concerned parties to render the census a success.

Fakhoury said having accurate information will enable the government to better serve citizens and help the private sector land more effective investments.

He stressed the confidentiality of the information collected by census takers, in accordance with the law, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Momani stressed that the census will be given ample media coverage, due to its importance at the national level.