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Statistical Data Analysis Imperative for Implementation of Govt Programmes, Policies – Aregbesola

By Seun Adams 

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has identified statistical data analysis and it’s scientific use as necessary and very important for sucessful implementation of government programmes and policies and effective  service  delivery, to be able to promote good governance in Nigeria.

Aregbesola, made this remark on Friday, while receiving officials of the Professional Statistician Society of Nigeria who paid him a courtesy visit at his Abuja Office.

The Minister explained  that his knowledge of and use of statistical data tremendously helped him as active player at different levels of administration in life, the reason  he, as Minister, is able to create three passport Centers (Ikoyi-Festac,  Alausa, and Amuwo Odofin centres) in Lagos which helped in the decongestion of existing facilities and the reduction of passport racketeering in Nigeria.        

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He said given this intervention, it is unfortunate that many who do not want to follow laid down rules and procedures,  still land themselves in the hands of unscrupulous people who extort money from them.

The Minister also fondly recalled that it was because he imbibed statistical data benefits that he was able to  pioneer the establishment of the State Bureau of Statistics when he was Governor of Osun as well as appointed the first  State Statistician General.

  “I find statistics useful and result- oriented; and I commend it to industrialists, enterpreneurs, politicians, leaders of communities, Local Governments, States and nations.”

He equally observed that “It is at the Federal level that there is substantial interest in statistics in the country.”

Aregbesola, promised  to work with the Professional Statistician society of Nigeria, despite the short term he has left; and expressed his delight that  the National Assembly recently successfully passed a law that will soon transform the organization to a Chartered Institute; which he believes will augur well for the organisation.

Earlier, leader of the visting team, Prof. Waheed Yahya, said their organization is a body of professional Statisticians with responsibility for engaging in statistical research, that will assist policy makers in government, industries and non-governmental organizations in the development of the nation.

He further said they also train and mentor younger ones in the field of statistical research in the country.

Yahy, disclosed that the purpose of the visit  is to congratulate the Minister on the series of transformation he brought to the Ministry of interior, and further explore possible areas of cooperation as a lover of statistics. 

He praised the Minister for applying the idea of statistical data for the decongestion of passport administration through creation of more centres in Nigeria; and for establishing the Osun State Bureau of statistics as well as appointing the first Statiscian General for Osun State as Governor.

Those present at the event include the representative of the Director, PRS, Mr. Bello Abdulmojeed and other  management staff of the Ministry.

Signed: Afonja Fatai Ajibola 

DD(Press & PR).

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