The governor, who was reacting to statement by the National Bureau of Statistics that the state government is owing N85.04 billion as local debts, said Fayemi left the state in an insolvent position.
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Amosun said the claim that Lagos State contributes more than Ogun State cannot be true as Ogun State has the highest number of industries in the country.
Awolowo said this in a statement by Joe Itah, the Head, Corporate Communications of the council in Abuja.
On a month-on-month basis, the report noted that the headline index increased by 0.97 per cent in August 2017, 0.24 per cent points lowered from the rate of 1.21 per cent recorded in June.
Akajemeli, who gave the commendation when she visited the Statistician General of the Federation, Dr Yemi Kale, said that the timely release of data would enhance policy formulation and National growth.
The NBS stated this in “Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics for Second Quarter 2017,’’ released on Wednesday in Abuja.
Onyeagu told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the National Population Commission should be merged with the National Bureau of Statistics to make it one vibrant statistical system.
Olarewaju, a director in charge of the real sector and household statistics, NBS, made this disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja.
Dr Isiaka Olarewaju, Director in charge of real sector statistics and household statistics, NBS, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday.
The National Bureau of Statistics announced our descent into recession. They embraced the news, almost with sickening glee. Now, the same agency has announced exit, and they begin to question its impartiality
He said: “The reality is that Nigerians are suffering and dying, with foods and drugs out of their reach and no among of economic statistics will make meaning to people who cannot afford to eat once daily.”
“Out of recession is the first step which is very important then the country can talk of economic recovery which is going back to where Nigeria was before the recession.
The NBS stated that the nation’s GDP grew by 0.55 per cent (year-on-year) in real terms in the quarter, indicating the emergence of the economy from recession.
Others however disagreed, saying the verdict should not only be on paper, but should be seen positively in the lives of the people as the prices of products were still out of the reach of ordinary Nigerians.
The party made this known in an electronic statement made available to the press in the earlier hours of Wednesday
In a statement signed by Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, its spokesperson and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, the Senate emphasized that it was truly commendable that after five consecutive quarters of contraction, the Nigerian economy grew by 0.55% in the second quarter of 2017.
The National Bureau of Statistics made this known on Tuesday in its Q2 GDP report
The report stated that the headline inflation again reduced to 16.05 per cent (year-on-year) in July compared to 16.10 per cent in June 2016.
The NBS disclosed this in a report it released on Sunday
The National Corruption Report, titled: “Bribery: Public experience and response 2017,” was jointly coordinated by the National Bureau of Statistics and the United Nations Office of Drug and Crime