The Statistician-General of the Federation, Simon Harry, is dead.
His death was confirmed by the Director, Communication and Public Relations Department, Ichedi Joel, on Wednesday, in Abuja.
Joel said, “It is not a rumor anymore, the SG is dead, he died from an illness.”
Harry was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as the Statistician-General of the Federation in August, 2021.
Prior to his appointment, He was the Director of NBS Corporate Planning and Technical Coordination.
He joined the Federal Office of Statistics as Statistician 11 in 1992 and became the substantive Director of Statistics in 2019.
Harry contributed to reform initiatives including the transformation of the then Federal Office of Statistics to the NBS.
The deceased was part of the team that rejigged the Nigerian Statistical System, resulting in the establishment of State Bureaus of Statistics.
