By DAVID IORJA, Abuja –
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Semiu Adeyemi Adeniran as the substantive Statistician-General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), with immediate effect.
This is according to a statement issued on Friday by The Special Assistant (Media) to the Honourable Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Sufuyan Ojeifo.
His appointment follows the demise of the former Statistician-General of the Federation, Dr Simon Harry, on 13th April, 2022.
Mr Semiu Adeniran is a professional statistician of repute with bias for Demography and Social Statistics. He has over three decades of statistical hands-on experience garnered from various local and international institutions.
Until his appointment, Mr Semiu was the Director of Demographic and Household Statistics at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
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