I was wondering, why is it that we don't have Chartered status for statisticians in Nigeria like they do in other countries like Britain? We also don't have the office of the Statistician-General, why? Do we take Statistics serious in Nigeria at all? Even smaller african countries do, but Nigeria does not care. do you have a reason for that?

Please i need opinions from you guys, because it hurts me to know that statistics is not given a priority in Nigeria as it is in other countries. how do the people who take decisions for us do it? which data do they use in planning? i wonder, buti need to ask other nigerians.

ishmael:

Please i need opinions from you guys, because it hurts me to know that statistics is not given a priority in Nigeria as it is in other countries. how do the people who take decisions for us do it? which data do they use in planning? i wonder, buti need to ask other nigerians.

They use foreign data UN and other agencies. have you seen the thread about lagos having about 11million slum dwellers? The OP said that BBC were exaggerating but couldnt provide a figure from nigerian government to counter. . .

Sometimes last year Madam Dora was disputing the stat by some international Agency about maternal death or something similar when she was asked in return what figures she had she brought out a paper only to be reminded
the nigerian department was using the field stat done by UN

I think the Office of National Planning is putting something together but as usual its not accessible to everyone apart from those that work there- very useful isnt it

why should Nigeria rely on UN data? Can't we empower our various statistical units in the country and get these data acurattely and timely? Can't we set up statistical and bio-statistical units in hospitals (both private and government) to collect and keep data for states and at the end present the data to the government? this can also help us gather some health and demographic data for the country. More still needs to be done in the area of statistics in Nigeria, else things will always be done wrongly.

Sorry to disappoint you guys.
Nigeria has a National Bureau of Statistics, with a Director-General in charge.
See their website here: http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/

Also take a look at this story:

http://www.businessdayonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11422:nigerias-unemployment-rate-rises-to-10m-&catid=85:national&Itemid=340

That could not have come from the UN. We never pure finish but we dey try, let's not be falling our own hands.

@OP, Statistics is a branch of mathematics, no? Why do you need to be a 'Chartered Statistician'? Na title be that? How about 'Chartered Physicist/Mathematician'?

Also, there is an association of statisticians in Nigeria: http://www.nsang.org/. They may not have started doing professional exams though.

See as I dey use Google show you stuff about your profession.

AjanleKoko:

Sorry to disappoint you guys.
Nigeria has a National Bureau of Statistics, with a Director-General in charge.
See their website here: http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/

Also take a look at this story:

http://www.businessdayonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11422:nigerias-unemployment-rate-rises-to-10m-&catid=85:national&Itemid=340

That could not have come from the UN. We never pure finish but we dey try, let's not be falling our own hands.

@OP, Statistics is a branch of mathematics, no? Why do you need to be a 'Chartered Statistician'? Na title be that? How about 'Chartered Physicist/Mathematician'?

Also, there is an association of statisticians in Nigeria: http://www.nsang.org/. They may not have started doing professional exams though.

See as I dey use Google show you stuff about your profession.

you are not getting the point. We have a Statistical bureau in Nigeria, but we do not have the office of Statistician-General who is suppose to be the head of all Statistics for the country. Having a DG in NBS is different from the office of Statistician-General.
Just like accounting, Statistics is a profession and they have professional exams that qualifies them to become chartered just like accounting, it is not a title, you write exams. They have it in the UK and US and some other african countries but we don't have it in Nigeria. That is why it is even difficult to have accurate data in Nigeria.

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20091206025925

Except Punch is nuts, it seems we have a Statistician-General

AjanleKoko:

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20091206025925

Except Punch is nuts, it seems we have a Statistician-General

yes they are. We only have a Director-General for Nationa Bureau of Statistics (NBS) who they are now wrongly referring to as Statistician-General.

I believe in the next 5 Fives we can make a difference in the area of statistics in Nigeria. I mean You and i if only we can keep developing ourselves until the opportunity come our way through hard work

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