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Have you ever come across NBS staff trying to gather data? That is one of the reasons I do not really believe any data coming from the National Bureau of Statistics.Besides, some of the data seem fake to me, as I always believe Nigerian corruption might have eaten deep into the data gathering system. Imagine NBS telling us that unemployment rate in Nigeria is 4%. Can anyone give reason they don’t believe in NBS from first hand experience here?

They outsource to private data collection companies, they hire education institutions and professors, NGOs etc. They also get data from international organizations WHO, UN, World Bank etc...

Eya, you want to cite them…I understand your plight!

LordIsaac:
Eya, you want to cite them…I understand your plight!

So you believe unemployment rate is 5%.
Yeloba people sef, very terrible set of people

Well, I believe it when they release internally generated revenue (IGR) data because the reports come from state.

Also, I believe their crime reports per state because they come from the Nigerian police stats and other security operatives, and I have no reason to doubt it.

Reports about poverty, unemployment, consumption and GDP are based on estimates that are vague or totally FALSE.