MONROVIA, May 26 (LINA) –The National Elections Commission (NEC) and the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo Information Services (LISGIS) have held a one-day discussion for engagements leading to the conduct of the current National Census and Election Boundary Delimitation in Liberia.
The meeting convened at LISGIS headquarters with the five-person NEC delegation.
The Director General of LISGIS, Francis Wreh, stated that the digital system being used fo0r the national census is the first of its kind in Africa.
According to Director Wreh, the national census will capture coordinates of structures, including private and government schools, hospitals, temporary and permanent ones.
Meanwhile, the Chairperson of NEC, Madam Davidetta Browne-Lansanah thanked the LISGIS team for discussion.
The NEC executive reiterated the need to engage key stakeholders to find a way to resolve existing land disputes as being left unattended, could impact the work of the national census.
At the close of the meeting, both NEC and LISGIS agreed that the NEC will formally be invited to participate in the Steering and the Technical Committees meetings that are centered around the national census.
The Chairperson of NEC, Madam Lansanah headed the five-person NEC delegation, which included Commissioner Floyd O. Sayor, Madam Emma K. Togbe, Deputy Executive Director for Operations, Michael Monger, Director GIS and Isaac Zahn, Director Data Center, while the LISGIS delegation included its Director General Prof. Francis Wreh, as head, as well as Jannie Fahnbulleh, Mariah Q. Glayeneh and Thomas I. Davis.