At the state level, the structure for collection of reliable statistics is either absent, weak or manual, making data for planning and tracking development in many sectors difficult.
Currently, investors find it difficult to make key decisions because reliable and current data is hard to get; and where there is data, it is usually old, not detailed and mere projections, a situation many experts said was responsible for poor planning and failure of many projects and interventions.
How death of APMEPU kills good statistics
During the implementation of the World Bank Agricultural Development Projects from 1977 up to early 1980s, Nigeria had good available agricultural data generation, harmonisation and validation through the Agricultural Projects Monitoring, Evaluation and Planning Unit (APMEPU), a permanent country-wide institution based in Zaria, Kaduna State.