INEC, NBS Pledge Commitment To Leverage Data For National Planning, Elections
INEC, NBS Pledge Commitment To Leverage Data For National Planning, Elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday pledged stronger collaboration to leverage data for national planning, elections, and improved public service delivery.
The development followed a courtesy call by the Statistician-General of the Federation, Prince Adeyemi Adeniran, and senior officials of the NBS to the INEC headquarters in Abuja, where both agencies agreed to deepen synergy on data sharing and management.
Welcoming the delegation, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, described the visit as historic, being the first formal meeting between the two institutions. He noted that while INEC maintains the country’s largest database of adult citizens for electoral purposes, NBS coordinates Nigeria’s National Statistical System, which captures socio-economic data across all sectors.
Yakubu said the partnership would allow NBS to leverage INEC’s extensive network of locations across the federation to serve citizens beyond election periods.
He recalled how INEC had previously deployed national assets, including vehicles, to support the Presidential Task Force and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) during the COVID-19 pandemic
On his part, Prince Adeyemi Adeniran outlined the broad mandate of the NBS, stressing that beyond producing official statistics, the Bureau coordinates Nigeria’s vast statistical system, regarded as the largest in Africa.
