Dr Simon B. Harry, the Statistician-General of the Federation, died on Wednesday morning in Abuja, after the rumour of his death went around at the weekend, but was debunked by the NBS. This news was confirmed by Sunday Ichedi, head of communication & public relations department.
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).
Before his appointment as the statistician general of the federation. Harry was the director of corporate planning and technical coordination, department of the NBS — with almost three decades of statistical experience.
In the course of his civil service career, he has contributed to several reform initiatives including the reform of the then Federal Office of Statistics which was transformed into the current National Bureau of Statistics. He also contributed to reforming Nigeria’s Statistical System which resulted in the creation and establishment of the state bureau of statistics at the sub-national level.
