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| The Statisticians-General of the Federation (SGF) Dr. Yemi Kale |
The Statisticians-General of the Federation (SGF) Dr. Yemi
Kale has called for accurate data to better planning and development of
agriculture towards achieving food security through efficient productivity in
Nigeria and Africa.
Dr. Yemi kale speaking at an event in Abuja pointed that
data can play a major role in the food productivity value chains of agriculture
adding that accurate figure statistics would impact in every human endeavours
including feeding.
According to him “The significant of statistical information
for making evidence-based decisions that guide the implementation, policy,
monitoring of existing policy and evaluation of the effectiveness of policy
decisions cannot be over-emphasized in any industry”
In his remark, the Director General, Raw Material Research
development Council (RMRDC), Dr Hussaini Ibrahim also emphasised the need for
more finance for agriculture for the purpose of full diversification from crude
oil economy to commercial food production with processing and value addition
saying “this requires the zeal for provision of official statistics as a
veritable and indispensable tool needed for driving the quest for economic
growth and sustainability of the African nation. Agriculture is the way to go
now since the country is looking for other options aside oil. We need to increase
finance in agriculture’’
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