Citizens, residents urged to cooperate with census takers

AMMAN — Citizens and residents of the Kingdom are obligated, under the law, to provide all required information to the national census’ employees, and if they do not, legal action will be taken, Department of Statistics (DoS) Director Qasem Zu’bi said Sunday.

The new population census provides detailed information related to geographic and administrative units necessary for decision makers, Zu’bi told the Jordan News Agency, Petra. The census will cost around JD26 million, he said.