In a significant development, which may be subjected to international scrutiny, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said the impact of hundreds of millions of dollars which international organizations claimed to have been spent on the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North East is “rarely” seen on ground.
President Buhari has set an agenda for the administration of what the government should accomplish in the shortest possible time by focusing on primary data collection. He also said that said most of the statistics quoted about Nigeria were developed abroad by the World Bank, IMF and other foreign bodies and pointed out that some of the statistics as ‘disturbing’ wild estimates that bore little relation to the facts on the ground. He also called for collation of data indigenously based on ground level facts by people within and not by outside agencies. That he said is vital for launching realistic development plans.
President Buhari, was speaking at a meeting with the 8-man Council chaired by Prof. Doyin Salami, which will be entrusted with dta collection, compilation and analysis He called on them to focus on developing reliable data that will properly reflect what is happening in the country.
