The Federal Government of Nigeria( FGN) has been urged to review existing laws relating to crude oil sales data collation process and those relating to transactions in the Free Trade Zones for effective planning and economic development. President, Nigerian Statistical Association (NSA), Muhammed Tumala, made the call last week in Abuja while speaking at the African Statistics Day.
According to him, the current laws are inhibiting open data production and denying the country of knowing the actual volume and values of transactions on key sectors of the economy. Tumala, who spoke on the topic, 'Open Data for Accountability and Inclusiveness, Prospects and Challenges for Nigeria', noted that even though the Statistics Act 2007 established the Nigerian Statistical System with coordination by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), translating the provisions of the Act to national economic advantage remains a challenge as other systems and processes for open data are still lacking.
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