States to have statistics bureau by June 2022 – Harry, Statistician-General of the Federation - Punch Newspapers

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his plans for the National Bureau of Statistics and other salient economic issuesappointment as the SG of the federation is almost three months old, how would you describe the journey so far?

Funding is a constraint in almost every organisation. I can assure you that even if you approach the Central Bank of Nigeria today, they will still tell you that they have funding issues, so in the case of the NBS, it has always been a major problem.

If that allegation is true, how was it possible that in 2016, through the information released by the NBS, the economy of Nigeria was declared to be in a recession? Also, last year, the economy of the country in the second and third quarters of the year was declared to be in a recession. So, that alone is enough to convince one that those allegations are incorrect, because the same government would have influenced the figures at that time.

The latest GDP report showed that Nigeria’s economy grew by 4.03 per cent; however, there have been complaints from many quarters that the growth isn’t visible as previous unfavourable economic conditions remain constant. Do you think the economy is actually improving? Inflation rates have consistently been declining since April through to the month of October. As a common Nigerian who comes from the grassroots, you will agree with me that the price at which you bought a tuber of yam in the month of January, would have decreased by the month of September or October. The same thing applies to the prices of so many other food stuffs.

What are some of the reforms or initiatives you plan to introduce to the bureau to distinguish it from among its peers in Africa?

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