Accurate data collection drives the economies and the national planning in the developed and emerging nations of the world today. Reliable data is very important in the planning for the national development of any human society. Nigeria as a nation does not have any accurate national data that is truly exact, precise, realistic or accurate on almost everything she runs and plans for as a government in 2014 or she projects to do and to implement in the nearest future. The National Population Commission (NPC) of Nigeria that was established by the federal government of Nigeria in 1988 and was empowered to collect, analyze and disseminate population or demographic data of Nigeria as well as to undertake demographic sample surveys, migration statistics and to monitor Nigeria's population policy does not have any accurate data of Nigeria's current national population, death rate, birth rate, annual population growth rate or yearly migration rate.
President Jonathan Goodluck of Nigeria cannot accurately tell the 160 million Nigerians the number of the public appointed officials, security personnels and staff that work directly under his own watch at his Presidential villa in Aso Rock, Abuja. Ngozi Iweela, the IMF/World Bank trained economist and the current Nigeria's finance minister cannot accurately tell the 160 million Nigerians how much the nation has in her foreign reserves or the nation's current domestic and foreign debt profiles, foreign loans to creditors or the Nigeria's annual economic growth rate as well her yearly inflation rate or the annual GDP. The military service chief of the Nigerian armed forces cannot accurate tell the 160 million Nigerians today the number of the officers and the men in the army, air force and navy or the number of the military veterans on pensions nor the exact armed force yearly budget and expenses.
The federal minister of education in Nigeria cannot accurately tell the 160 million Nigerians the number of students that are currently attending all our schools, colleges and universities or the number of the primary schools, junior secondary schools, senior secondary schools and post-secondary institutions in Nigeria today in 2014. The minister of labour and productivity does not know the nation's current accurate unemployment rate figures or the number of the public and the private sector jobs that are created monthly in Nigeria. The Nigeria's health minister does not know the number of the general hospitals, the number of the medical doctors, nurses, pharmacies and laboratory scientists that are currently working today in Nigeria or the number of the Nigerian trained doctors that now work abroad. The minister of agriculture in Nigeria cannot tell his fellow 160 million Nigerians the actual percentage of the Nigeria's entire population that are farmers nor the amount of the foods that are produced locally on yearly basis or imported at the same period in Nigeria.
The nation's minister of power cannot accurately tell 160 million Nigerians the amount of the kilowatt (kW) of electricity that is generated yearly for the whole nation or that would be needed yearly by the whole nation in order to become power sufficient. The minister of foreign affairs cannot accurately tell the 160 million Nigerians the number of the sovereign nations in the world in 2014 or the names of all the countries that Nigeria has her foreign mission offices as well as the major international treaties, agreements and conventions that Nigeria is a signatory to. The Inspector General of the Nigerian Police Force cannot give an accurate yearly data of the nation's crime profiles or the number of the police officers and the men that are under his direct command and supervision. The minister of tourism cannot accurately tell his fellow 160 million Nigerians the number of the tourists that visited Nigeria on yearly basis or the names and the geographical locations of the Nigeria's main tourist attractions.
The nation's custom director general cannot accurately tell the 160 million Nigerians the size of our import and export as a nation or the amount of money that Nigeria earned in 2014 or may earn next year from the custom duties. The immigration director general of Nigeria cannot accurately tell the 160 million Nigerians the number of the Nigerians that live presently in the diaspora, the number of the Nigerian passports that were issued this year alone or the number of Nigerians that left Nigeria by air, land and sea in 2014. The director general of the Federal Internal Revenue cannot accurately tell the 160 million Nigerians the nation's true tax profiles and the Corporate Affairs Commission in Abuja cannot accurately tell the 160 million Nigerians the number of businesses that are registered this year alone or the number of businesses that are now closed or out of business. The central bank governor cannot accurately tell the 160 million Nigerians the number of Nigerians that work in the nation's banking sector or the number of Nigerians that have savings, current or domiciliary accounts in our banks in 2014.
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