APC Protests Exclusion From 2026 Census Activities, Demands Equal Monitoring Access

The opposition All Peoples Congress has protested its repeated exclusion from key activities of the 2026 Population and Housing Census and has called on Statistics Sierra Leone to grant both major political parties equal monitoring access to safeguard the credibility of the exercise.

In a letter to the Statistician General and Chief Census Officer dated 1st August 2026, APC National Secretary General Lansana Dumbuya Esq. expressed concern over the party’s exclusion from the monitoring of cartographic mapping and the ongoing mock test of census tools. The party also cited Statistics Sierra Leone’s failure to acknowledge or respond to numerous correspondences on census matters.

The APC referenced public statements by SLPP National Publicity Secretary Moses Mambu, who stated on AYV that the ruling party has access to real-time data and final mapping results.