PMA2020/Nigeria started with data collection across 118 enumeration areas (EAs) in two states, Lagos and Kaduna, for the first and second rounds of data collection. In round 3 (May-June 2016), the survey expanded to five more states, in addition to Lagos and Kaduna -- Kano, Nasarawa, Taraba, Anambra, and Rivers, making a total of seven states and 302 EAs. In round 5 (slated to begin Fall 2017 and finish late Spring 2018), Oyo State was added, increasing the number of EAs to 370.
PMA2020/Nigeria is led by the Center for Research, Evaluation Resources and Development (CRERD). Bayero University Kano (BUK) also provides support to the survey through the Nigeria Consortium Steering Committee for PMA2020/Nigeria. The survey is endorsed and supported by the Federal Ministry of Health, the National Population Commission, and the National Bureau of Statistics.
Survey progress: 4 rounds of core data collection completed. Access PMA2020/Nigeria publications here. Request access to datasets here.
Principal Investigators
PMA2020/Nigeria Principal Investigator: Dr. Elizabeth Omoluabi
Dr. Elizabeth Omoluabi is Executive Director of the Centre for Research, Evaluation Resources and Development in Nigeria and a researcher at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. She obtained her PhD in 1995 from l'Institut de Demographie de l’Universite de Paris (IDUP), Sorbonne. She is an accomplished demographer and international consultant with 30 years of survey and management experience in Africa and Europe. Keenly interested in large scale data collection and data quality issues, she directed the international monitoring missions of the Nigeria Population and Housing Census (2004-2009), the Sudan Census (2008) and the Ghana Population and Housing Census (2010) using an innovative census M&E toolkit. From 2009 to 2013, she was the Managing Director of Ecorys Africa Research and Consulting, South Africa, a subsidiary of Ecorys Netherlands. Prior to that, she was Program Manager and Interim Executive Secretary for the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) in Paris before moving to Dakar to become the Executive Secretary of the Union for African Population Studies (UAPS).
Dr. Omoluabi has published several articles and book chapters on African population and environment and has a proven ability to produce high quality work under tight time schedules and challenging resource conditions. She has successfully undertaken several consultancy assignments for international organizations including the European Union, UNFPA, UNDP, the International Organization for Migration, DFID, IrishAid and the Clinton Health Access Initiative. As a bilingual (English/French) researcher, she has collaborated with several African universities and research institutions and was a member of the report writing team for the South Africa Millennium Development Goals 2010 Country Report. Recently, she has been directing electronic data collection projects in Nigeria using handheld devices. She is experienced in interacting with donors and development partners, managing the media and disseminating results of research activities. Email: elizomoluabi@gmail.com
PMA2020/Nigeria Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Funmilola OlaOlorun

Data Manager
PMA2020/Nigeria Data Manager: Saliu Adebowale Ogunmola

About Our Partners
Lead Partner:
Center for Research, Evaluation Resources and Development (CRERD)
Center for Research, Evaluation Resources and Development (CRERD), Ile-Ife, Nigeria