BREAKING: Nigeria’s Statistician – General Simon Harry, is dead

The federation’s statistician-general, Simon Harry, has died.

He died in Abuja on Wednesday morning.
In August 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari named Harry to succeed Yemi Kale as the federation’s statistician-general and head of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

The NBS dispelled the story of his death that circulated over the weekend.

On Wednesday, Sunday Ichedi, the chief of the department of communication and public relations, confirmed the development to our correspondent.

Prior to his appointment as the Federation’s statistician-general. With nearly three decades of statistical experience, Harry was the director of corporate planning and technical coordination in the NBS department.