In compliance with the Freedom of Information (FOI) request Spaces for Change.S4C filed
in March 2014, we are happy to report back that we have received the summary of
the job creation statistics detailing of national statistical surveys covering
Q4 2012, Q3 2012 – Q1 2013 and Q2, Q3 & Q4 2013 from the National
Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
Spaces for Change filed the FOI request following the tragic Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Stampede which unmasked the grave unemployment situation in Nigeria. The FOI request demanded to see the breakdown and methodology used generating the official data of 1.6 Million jobs created between 2011 and 2013.
That FOI request opened
the gateway to sustained engagement and cooperation between Spaces for Change
and the NBS with the objective of strengthening the independent
monitoring of the development and analysis of job creation and youth employment
statistics in Nigeria. In this regard, the Statistician General of the
Federation, Dr Yemi Kale has extended an invitation to Spaces for Change to
participate in a number of upcoming exercises including:
1. National census of
commercial and industrial businesses. NBS will conduct this exercise
in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Ministry of
Trade and Investment. This exercise was last conducted 20 years ago.
2. National Agricultural
Sample Survey which is designed to collect information on agricultural
production in the country. This exercise was last conducted in 1997.
3. Q2 2014 job creation
survey
We welcome this
opportunity to work together with the NBS and have accepted the
invitation. Accordingly, we have begun to mobilize our network of volunteers
across the federation to take part in these exercises. We have also
constituted a team of analysts and young professionals to undertake an
independent scrutiny and analysis of the job creation survey results we
have received.
In keeping with our
commitment to cooperate with institutions and agencies to achieve greater
openness in data gathering and democratic governance, we will work
together with the NBS to ensure public trust, establish a system
of transparency, and public participation, and take appropriate action,
consistent with law and policy, wherever and whenever we find gaps.
Sincerely yours,
Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri
Executive Director
Spaces for Change
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