Buhari's Aide Blasts NBS, Alleges Repeated Wrong Data Publication
- An aide to the Nigerian president on public affairs has said that the unemployment data released by the federal government is usually wrong
- Ajuri Ngelale stated the wrong information is usually published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
- According to Ngelale, the NBS lack the manpower or staff capability to cover the entire nation in order to gather accurate data for use
The National Bureau of Statistics has been accused of dishing out wrong data and misleading Nigerians.
The allegation against the NBS was made by the senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on public affairs, Ajuri Ngelale.
Daily Trust reports that Ngelale while speaking on its TV's Daily politics said the NBS have continued to public wrong statistics of unemployed citizens of the country.
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He said the figures usually made public by the NBS neglect the number of the populace in the informal sector of the economy.
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Ngelale said:
“I am saying very clearly that the NBS has a serious problem with accurate data till today.
“The same statistics suggested that somewhere in 2014, that the unemployment rate on the nation was eight per cent that is less than 10 per cent…"
"Will you suggest anytime in your lifetime in this country, Nigeria, that we are all living in, that out of the adult population in the country, with well over a 100 million people, that 92 million out of the working adults, even worst that..."
Lack of manpower within the NBS
Daily Independent also reports that the presidential media aide also alleged that the employment roll of the NBS is an indication the bureau lacks the manpower to do a proper field analysis of ongoings in states across the country.
He said:
“The Statistician-General told us that we have a handful of NBS staff. Go to the NBS yourself and see what their employment rolls look like, how many staff do they have to be able to send out to the nooks and crannies of the entire Nigerian federation.
"They send out a handful of people state by state…”
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