A Federal Commissioner at the National population commission has said that the National Population Commission is ready to conduct a better census if given the go-ahead by the federal government.

He said this in Kaduna during the verbal and social autopsy survey aim at knowing the cause of death of over three thousand children.

Alhaji Abdulmalik Mohammed, Federal Commissioner National Population Census also said the last census was base on the estimated figure and it was high time the country conducts another census so as to get accurate figures.

He also said that the federal ministry of health in collaboration with the national population census is conducting a survey of children from age zero to five to ascertain the cause of death of over three thousand children.