James Emejo in Abuja
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), yesterday accused the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, of distorting facts and casting aspersion on the credibility of the employment statistics they produced.
Yesterday, the Minister had through the verified official twitter handle of the ministry, alleged that the country’s employment data might be inaccurate, particularly the methodology used in arriving at the figures.
He stated further that the World Bank had also queried the methodology adopted as it does not conform with global standards, especially that of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Ngige tweeted: “There has been a little confusion as to the accuracy of data generated by the NBS. So, we want to align everything tomorrow. The World Bank says the NBS methodology doesn’t conform with the global standard, especially the ILO format of arriving at such Employment Index.”