The Informer (Monrovia)
Roland Perry
12 November 2009
The Deputy Director General for Information and Coordination at the Liberia Institute for Statistic and Geo-Information Services, LISGIS, John Kei says bureaucracy in government is causing a lot of bottlenecks for the National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS).
The NSDS, endorsed by the Cabinet and approved by the President of Liberia was launched in 2008.It is intended to conduct surveys in various ministries and agencies of government.
Speaking at the end of a two day Annual Progress Review Workshop at the St. Theresa Convent Conference Hall, Mr. Kei said the success of the NSDS does not depend on LISGIS alone, but on all government ministries and agencies. He said budgetary allocation should concern those involved in finding funding for the NSDS.
He said, if the statistical law currently before the House is revised, LISGIS will be able to find funding from outside. He noted that recommendations from the workshop will be used to the improve NSDS.
For his part, Deputy Director General for Statistics and Data Processing/National Coordinator of the NSDS, Francis Wreh said he is impressed about the work of the NSDS. He observed that the NSDS is faced with logistical problem, finance and other materials to properly carry out it function.
He said the statistical system in Liberia has been uncoordinated; describing that statistics collected outside the NSDS will not be considered official. He said gone are the day when NGOs conducted surveys for themselves rather than the official ones from the NSDS.
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