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JUST IN: Statistician-General Of The Federation Is Dead

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Apr 13, 2022.

Benard Joseph

Statistician-General Of The Federation Is Dead.
The rumour of his death went around at the weekend but was debunked by the NBS.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Simon Harry, the statistician general of the Federation is dead. He died on Wednesday morning in Abuja after suffering from an undisclosed illness.

Harry was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in August 2021 to replace Yemi Kale as statistician-general of the federation to head the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Sources familiar with the development told newsmen that he was rushed to the hospital on Saturday and was responding to treatment but he died on Wednesday morning.

The rumour of his death went around at the weekend but was debunked by the NBS.
Sunday Ichedi, head of communication & public relations department.

However, confirming the development on Wednesday, the Director, Corporate Communications and Public Relations at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Mr. Sunday Ichedi, said, “It is confirmed, the statistician general is dead.”

Before he was appointed as the statistician-general of the federation. Harry was the director of the corporate planning and technical coordination, department of the NBS — with almost three decades of statistical experience.

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Confirming the development, the Director, Corporate Communications and Public Relations at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Mr. Sunday Ichedi, said, “It is confirmed, the statistician general is dead.”