By Nneka Nwogwugwu
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has begun training of its staff on food balance sheet in a bid to provide data on the demand and supply of food.
Prince Semiu Adeniran, the Statistician-General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer, NBS, said this on the sidelines of the training on Public Sector Management and Food Balance Sheet organised by the organisation in Abuja on Wednesday.
Adeniran said the training was designed for members of staff of the NBS to help them estimate the supply and demand of all types of food in the country.
“This training will help us to come up with accurate data that can inform the government on the availability of food.
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“Also on whether there is any need for us to import any particular type of food item or whether we have all our food requirements in the right quantity that is needed.”
He said the training would also complement the analysis that the bureau would carry out for the annual agricultural sample census, which was ongoing.
“As you are aware, we are presently in the field doing the listing of all farmers in the country through all the 774 local governments.
“After the listing of farmers, we will do a sampling of them and collect survey to get information on the type of crops they grow, livestock; poultry, fishing and the production that comes from their farming activities.
” So when we are doing the analysis of that survey, this training will help us a lot in coming out with a robust report that the government can use for policies and decision making.”
Adeniran said the second training was on public sector management for staff of the bureau.
