NBS Debunks Statistician-General Simon Harry’s Death
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has debunked the rumoured death of the Statistician of the Federation, Simon Harry.
The Bureau in a statement by Ichedi Sunday Joel,
Director, Communication stated that there is no iota of truth in what was published by an online medium.
He described the publication as irresponsible noting that journalism ethics require that journalist checks the fact and be sure of the veracity of their information before publishing.
He stated that the Statistician-General was slightly indisposed on Saturday and following medication, is now recuperating.
“We are well certain that he would, in a matter of few days, be back to his desk and continue his work in repositioning the NBS as the foremost national statistics agency in Africa and among the best globally”.
“We are all mortals and by nature sometimes get weary. That is the case of the Statistician-General now and it is not unusual for anybody to get sometimes get weary in the course of daily endeavours”.
Joel advised the general public to completely discountenance the purported death of the Statistician-General as he thanked those that have expressed concern about his health situation.
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