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.
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During the pandemic last year, a panel led by the Vice-president Yemi Osinbajo on economic sustainability projected that nearly 40 million Nigerians will be unemployed in 2021. In March, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the unemployment rate in Nigeria increased by 6.2% from the second quarter to the fourth quarter of 2020. This placed Nigeria in the third position on the global list of countries with the highest number of unemployed persons.
To anyone, this news is disheartening. More devastating is the fact that the rate of unemployed youths aged 15 to 24 stood at 53.4% in the fourth quarter, while that of youths aged 25 to 34 was 37.2%.
April 4, 2017
According to figures from the National Bureau of Statistics for the week ending March 26 total of 7,675 visitors arrived in Seychelles during week 12 of 2017.
According to figures from the National Bureau of Statistics for the week ending March 26 total of 7,675 visitors arrived in Seychelles during week 12 of 2017.
Seychelles tourism has started on a good note this year as its main markets are doing well except for France which is still taking time to pick up. The chief executive of the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) Sherin Francis said this during a press conference this week.
A total of 81,187 visitors arrived in Seychelles from the start of the year until March 26. This was 18% above that of 2016 (68,887). Overall visitor arrivals from Europe increased by 16% compared to the same period last year. Increases in visitor arrivals from the main European markets were recorded – Russia (30%), UK & Northern Ireland (26%) and Germany (24%). Decreases of 7% was recorde
China s consumer inflation continued its modest growth in June, and producer prices registered slower growth following efforts to stabilize the prices of raw materials.
China s consumer price index (CPI), one of the main gauges of inflation, rose 1.1 percent year on year in June, lower than the 1.3 percent year-on-year growth recorded in May, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Friday.
The average CPI in the first half of the year increased 0.5 percent from the same period last year, according to the NBS.
China s economy recovered steadily in June, with ample supply in the consumer market and the stable performance of consumer prices, said senior NBS statistician Dong Lijuan.
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