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2021 Census Budget Not Bloated – Government Statistician The Government Statistician, Prof. Samuel Kobina Annim, has rejected claims that the cost of the 2021 Population and Housing Census is bloated. According to him, the over GHS520 million budget for the exercise is necessary and within all approved benchmarks. Listing of houses as part of the census began nine days ago, with a full-blown rollout of the exercise expected to begin on Sunday, June 27, 2021, which has been declared as Census Night. Addressing MPs on the exercise, Prof. Annim broke down the cost of the different components of the census…