finite covering space of non-orientable surfaces

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Let $X_k$ the connected sum of k projective planes. I wonder about necessary and sufficient conditions to know wheter there exists a covering $\pi: X_{k'} \to X_k$ if k and k' are integers.

A necessary condition is that the euler characteristic of $X_{k'}$ has to be multiple of the euler characteristic of $X_k$, so is the sufficient condition what it's more difficult.

The case of orientable surfaces is easy, but this is more difficult I think, and I can't find it anywhere.

I would appreciate any hint about this.

Edit: when I wrote $X'_k$ I meant $X_{k'}$, so $X_{k'}$ is another connected sum of projective planes.