Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- The National Population Commission (NPC) awarded and paid for census-related contracts worth billions of naira without adequate evidence of delivery, according to the Auditor-General for the Federation, who said it also inflated the prices of some contracts and breached procurement rules.

The findings are contained in the Auditor-General's 2024 Annual Report on Non-Compliance, submitted to the National Assembly in July.

The report examined the commission's activities for the 2023 financial year and identified several breaches involving contracts for Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), mobile device management, local content, information technology infrastructure and other census-related procurements.

The findings on ...