StateStatistician-General, Mr. Michael Ajayi, has urged Ministries, Departments, andAgencies (MDAs) of government, to share and circulate statistical publicationsfor planning purposes. Mr. Ajayi, who made this known in Abeokuta, while speaking at a day workshop, organised by thestate Ministry of Budget and
Planning, as well as the Bureau of Statistics, incollaboration with United Nations Population Fund Agency (UNFPA), pointed outthat Statisticians go through the rigours of data collection, collation,analysis, and interpretation, saying it was imperative to circulate, distribute and share publication for purpose of
planning, as and when due. While distributing the Year 2023 editions of the Ogun State Statistical YearBook to the participants from the MDAs, Local Government Areas, and some Federal agencies, the Statistician General urged stakeholders in the state statistical system to use the disseminated publications judiciously, to reap the benefits therein. He itemised variouschallenges facing Statisticians to include
funding, facilities, equipment,logistics, data security, and privacy, among others, appreciating the presentadministration for giving the Bureau an enabling environment to function. Earlier, the permanent secretary, of the Ministry of Budget and Planning, Mrs. Fumilayo Dada, represented by the Director, of Development Partner Coordination in the Ministry, Mrs. FunmilolaTade, charged the MDAs, especially the Directors of Planning, Research, and statistics (DPRS), including participants at the workshop to make
good use of the training, to assist the Bureau to effectively perform its function. The spokesperson, of UNFPA in the state, Dr. Akin Akinbajo, in his goodwill message, applauded theBureau for providing accurate, timely, reliable, and credible information, which informed current and future policies of
government, pledging its agency support. Mr. Babajide Akindele participants from the Ministry of Budget and Planning, lauded the bureau for the workshop, saying, is an eye-opener to early submissions of data, appealing to the State Government and the Bureau for more elaborate training where intricacies on data collection and submission would be adequately explained.
