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Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) has officially handed over five Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles to Regional Principal Statisticians in a move aimed at strengthening coordination and monitoring for the upcoming 2026 Population and Housing Census.
The handing-over ceremony took place at the Stats SL Headquarters, 1B King Street, Kona Lodge in Freetown.
The vehicles were distributed to the Northern, North West, Southern, Eastern, and Western Area regions. As part of efforts to enhance census operations.
The initiative is intended to improve mobility, especially in hard-to-reach rural communities, and ensure effective pre- and post-census activities.
Delivering the keynote address, the Statistician General, Andrew Bob Johnny, expressed appreciation to His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio and the Government of Sierra Leone for procuring the vehicles despite global economic challenges.
He emphasized the President’s strong commitment to decentralization and highlighted the critical role of rural communities in achieving a transformed, data-driven development agenda.
Finally, he reaffirmed his commitment to conducting an inclusive, transparent, and credible national census that will support decentralized development through collective effort and high-quality data.
Additionally, the Chairman of the Stats SL Council, Moses Williams, urged beneficiaries to take full ownership of the vehicles, stressing that they are primarily intended to support pre- and post-census operations.
In his vote of thanks, Amadu Sheriff, Principal Statistician for the Northern Region, expressed gratitude to the Government of Sierra Leone, the Statistician General, and management for the timely distribution of the vehicles. Speaking on behalf of all five regions, he assured that the vehicles would be properly maintained and used efficiently to support effective census coordination and operations.
