I received with rude shock the news of the sudden death of the Statistician-General (SG) of the Federation, Dr Simon Harry, which occurred on Wednesday morning in Abuja. The late Dr Simon Harry served the nation with distinction as SG in the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. He discharged the mandate of his office with…
The World Bank says the increase in food prices could push additional six million Nigerians into poverty — calling on the government’s attention for short-term policies to support welfare. The Washington-based institution stated this in its latest report titled ‘COVID-19 in Nigeria: Frontline Data and Pathways for Policy’. In June, the World Bank said an estimated 7 million Nigerians were…
The Federal Government recorded a trade deficit of N1.87 in the first half of the year; data obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics has shown. This figure was contained in the Foreign Trade Statistics report released on Saturday. According to the report, total merchandise trade during the period stood at 12.03tn, indicating a N2.27tn…
The latest report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that the sum of N512.25bn was generated as VAT in Q2 2021 as against N496.39bn generated in Q1 2021 and N327.20bn generated in Q2 2020, representing a 3.20% increase Quarter-on-Quarter (q-o-q) and 56.56% increase Year-on-Year (y-o-y). According to the NBS sectoral distribution, the…
