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Border closure boosts Customs generated revenue

On November 11, 201911:02 amIn Border Closure, Newsby Rasheed Sobowale

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated revenue of about N1.002 trillion from January to September 2019. The data received by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from the Department of Research and Statistics and confirmed by the NCS’s public relations office indicated that the revenue was generated from 32 commands. The statistics showed that
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Don tasks FG on periodic release of statistics on economy

On July 30, 20176:50 pmIn Newsby Nwafor

An academic, Dr Olusanya Olubusoye has advised the Federal Government to produce and release statistics periodically on the state of the nation’s economy.

Economy expands to 6.81% in third quarter

On November 19, 20131:00 amIn Newsby vanguard

Nigeria’s economic growth, GDP, rose in the third quarter as the oil industry’s contraction eased and agricultural output increased.

No meaningful development without quality statistics — World Bank

On September 30, 201312:03 amIn Business, Financeby vanguard

There is no country that can attain meaningful development without quality statistics to address its socio-economic challenges.

This is coming from the World Bank Country Director, Ms Marie-Francoise Marie-Nelly, at the opening of a two-day National Statistical User Satisfaction End-line workshop organised by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in Abuja.