The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, on Monday said Nigeria cannot achieve its ambition of becoming a $1tn economy without a modern and credible statistical system.
The declaration is coming against the backdrop of the commencement of consultations by the National Assembly on a bill seeking a comprehensive overhaul of the country’s statistics framework.
Speaking at a public hearing on the Statistics Bill, 2025, Abbas said the proposed legislation would replace the Statistics Act of 2007 with a new legal framework designed to strengthen the National Bureau of Statistics, improve data governance, guarantee sustainable funding, and align Nigeria’s statistical architecture with the realities of the digital age.
The Speaker described the 2007 law as a product of a different era, arguing that rapid technological changes and the growing importance of data-driven governance have rendered many aspects of the existing framework inadequate.
Represented by the House Leader, Prof
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