Mozambique: Stats stands up to Nyusi – By Joseph Hanlon

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Mozambique: Stats stands up to Nyusi – By Joseph Hanlon

9:12 CAT | 06 Mar 2020

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Population projections by province up to 2050, based on the 2017 census, were published on 5 March by the National Statistics Institute (INE, Instituto Nacional e Estatistica) and are on http://www.ine.gov.mz/iv-rgph-2017/projeccoes-da-populacao-2017-2050

Last year, the National Elections Commission (CNE) said it has registered 1,166,011 voters in Gaza province, and the INE said that was more than the number of voting age adults. President Filipe Nyusi demanded that the INE change the census numbers and when it refused, the highly respected head of the INE was publicly humiliated and forced to reign, and the head of the census was dismissed.

But the new projections say that in 2019 there were only 717,635 voting age adults, 448,375 fewer than were registered. Population projections go up to 2050 and the projection of voting age adults in Gaza for 2050 is 1,139,469 – still fewer than were registered to vote in 2019.

These ghost voters played a significant part on Nyusi’s landslide victory, so it is a brave action by the INE to publish these numbers now, effectively backing their sacked bosses.

By Joseph Hanlon

Source: News reports & clippings