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Senator Shehu Sani has expressed fear that the Federal Govt Council (FEC) conferences maintain regularly with out the Statistician-Normal of the Federation or any consultant of the Nationwide Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to information the Council on the form of choices to make.
Senator Sani who represented Kaduna Central within the eighth Senate, was talking on the Nationwide Stakeholders’ Workshop on the manufacturing of Nationwide Technique for the Improvement of Statistics (NSDS) Part III, 2024-2028, organised by the NBS.
In his goodwill message, Senator Sani stated the muse of any choice or authorities coverage needs to be statistics and information, including that for the reason that FEC is the best choice making physique within the nation, the Statistician-Normal who doubles because the Head of the NBS must be a member of the Council.
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Sani contended that not taking small particulars into consideration is the only real motive the nation has been struggling regardless that the information are information meant to information the leaders of their choice making course of can be found.
“Identical to we begin each assembly in Nigeria with opening prayer, the Federal Govt Council (FEC) conferences ought to begin with a briefing from the pinnacle of NBS or his consultant in order that we will get one thing proper on this nation for as soon as.
“Firstly of the each FEC assembly, the President who chairs the Council is meant to name on the NBS Head and inform him to transient them on the most recent information and figures on the state of affairs of Nigeria, in order that they’ll know the place to begin the assembly from,” he stated.
He argued that FEC with out NBS representatives has been main the nation astray through the years.
Sani additionally frowned on the discordant figures that come from authorities circles in regards to the state of affairs of Nigeria, including that politicians ought to belief and work with the credible figures that come from the NBS always.
He recommended the NBS for elevating the skilled follow of analysis and statistics within the nation, calling on authorities in any respect ranges and the personal sector to base their actions and coverage choices on its figures.
