EXCLUSIVE: INEC Partners NBS On Data Synergy For National Development

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed readiness to partner with the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to strengthen the collection, management, and use of data for national development..  .Read ..Full.. Article.. .

The commission added that the anticipated partnership was also for key services that would be beneficiary to Nigerians.

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the assurance when he received the Statistician-General of the Federation, Prince Adeyemi Adeniran, who paid him a courtesy visit on Tuesday in Abuja.

Yakubu, who noted that the meeting between both agencies was first of it kind, added that it was also significant in harnessing institutional strengths for national development.

He said that while the NBS managed the nation’s largest official database on all aspects of national life, INEC maintained the most extensive database of adult citizens for elections, safeguarded by law and in compliance with the National Data Protection Act, and..  Read . .More —