Some enumerators in the 2021 Population and Housing Census in the Upper West Akyem District of the Eastern Region have bemoaned the lack of interest in the exercise.
Some of the enumerators who spoke to Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm disclosed that they struggled in enumerating the residents.
The enumerators said they had to give money to some residents because they claimed they were hungry and could not participate in the exercise.
Others also revealed they had to convince the people before they saw the need to participate in the exercise.
There were some of the homes they visited where they met no one and even when they left the forms behind for the residents to fill, they do not do it.
An enumerator (name withheld) recounted how he had to personally give his money to a resident who said he was hungry and needed food to eat before he would participate in the exercise.
“I visited a household and the man told me he needed money for ‘koko’ (porridge) so I convinced him to participate in the exercise after which I gave him money to buy the ‘koko’.”
Meanwhile, some other enumerators complained they were given some logistics such as raincoats, Wellington boots, and bags.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com