The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has debunked the rumoured death of the Statistician General of the Federation, Dr Simon Harry.
The Bureau said in a statement by the NBS Director of Communications, Ichedi Sunday Joel that there was no iota of truth in what was published by an online medium.
He described the publication as irresponsible, noting that journalism ethics required that journalists should check their facts 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, was now recuperating.
The statement reads: “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 sometimes get weary in the course of daily endeavours.”
Joel advised the public to completely discountenance the purported death of the Statistician-General and thanked those who had expressed concern about his health situation.
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