The House Committee Chairman on National Planning and Economic Affairs, Isiaka Ibrahim, says the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) needs to be insulated from political interference to perform more effectively.Ibrahim said this at a Public Lecture to mark the 2023 African Statistics Day celebration in Abuja on Wednesday.The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the theme of the 2023 African Statistics Day was “Modernising Data Ecosystems to Accelerate the Implementation of the AfCFTA: The Role of Official Statistics and Big Data in the Economic Transformation and Sustainable Development of Africa”He said the reliability of data from the NBS would be questioned if there was any form of political interference.“Statistics forms the adjustable shock absorber of any government…
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