{"id":178226,"date":"2025-09-10T10:11:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/inec-nbs-forge-partnership-on-data-synergy"},"modified":"2025-09-10T11:20:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T10:20:27","slug":"inec-nbs-forge-partnership-on-data-synergy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-nbs-forge-partnership-on-data-synergy","title":{"rendered":"INEC, NBS forge partnership on data synergy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has expressed readiness to collaborate with the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, to strengthen the collection, management, and use of data for the benefit of Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave this assurance when he received the Statistician-General of the Federation, Prince Adeyemi Adeniran, and his management team during a courtesy visit to the INEC Headquarters, Abuja, on Tuesday, 9th September 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Yakubu described the meeting, the first between both agencies, as a significant step towards harnessing institutional strengths for national development.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that while NBS manages the nation\u2019s largest official database on all aspects of national life, INEC maintains the most extensive database of adult citizens for elections, safeguarded by law and in compliance with the National Data Protection Act.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201ctoday\u2019s meeting focuses on how NBS can leverage the Commission\u2019s network of locations for electoral services for the benefit of citizens beyond elections, which only happen once in four years or as the need arises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are always willing to partner with national agencies within the confines of the law while maintaining our independence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The INEC Chairman recalled the Commission\u2019s support to national agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic, when INEC deployed its vehicles to aid infection prevention and surveillance. He explained that similar cooperation with NBS would ensure that electoral facilities also serve wider social purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Yakubu also urged the Bureau to factor the state of public facilities used as polling units and ward collation centres into its national reports, especially in relation to electricity, water, and accessibility for persons with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet these facilities, which train our youths at the foundation and intermediate levels of the education system, be beneficiaries of the widely proclaimed dividends of democracy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The INEC Chairman further encouraged stakeholders to explore INEC\u2019s Atlas of Electoral Constituencies and Electoral Facilities Locator (EFLoc), both available on the Commission\u2019s website, as reliable resources for mapping electoral infrastructure across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Statistician-General of the Federation, Prince Adeyemi Adeniran, commended INEC\u2019s diligence and transparency in managing Nigeria\u2019s electoral process, describing the Commission as indispensable to the nation\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized the critical role of statistics in governance, explaining that NBS not only produces data but also coordinates the entire National Statistical System, which includes state bureaus of statistics, government agencies, and academic institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Adeniran highlighted ongoing efforts to harmonize methodologies across agencies to prevent duplication and ensure the credibility of data. He disclosed that NBS is developing an Integrated System of Administrative Statistics (ISATS) to enable seamless sharing of real-time data with partner institutions and pledged to extend this system to INEC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis collaboration will ensure that vital data from INEC becomes part of the national statistical architecture, while INEC can also access data from other MDAs for planning and operational purposes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Both agencies pledged to sustain the partnership in line with their respective mandates, with a shared commitment to building a stronger data ecosystem for democracy and development in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has expressed readiness to collaborate with the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, to strengthen the collection, management, and use of data for the benefit of Nigerians. Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave this assurance when he received the Statistician-General of the Federation, Prince Adeyemi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":178225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[251,1775,676,254],"class_list":["post-178226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-inec","tag-mahmood-yakubu","tag-nbs","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>INEC, NBS forge partnership on data synergy - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has expressed readiness to collaborate with the National Bureau of ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-nbs-forge-partnership-on-data-synergy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"INEC, NBS forge partnership on data synergy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has expressed readiness to collaborate with the National Bureau of ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-nbs-forge-partnership-on-data-synergy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-10T09:11:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-10T10:20:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757487209.485832.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1107\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"723\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-nbs-forge-partnership-on-data-synergy#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-nbs-forge-partnership-on-data-synergy\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"INEC, NBS forge partnership on data synergy\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-10T09:11:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-10T10:20:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-nbs-forge-partnership-on-data-synergy\"},\"wordCount\":531,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-nbs-forge-partnership-on-data-synergy#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757487209.485832.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"INEC\",\"Mahmood Yakubu\",\"NBS\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-nbs-forge-partnership-on-data-synergy#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-nbs-forge-partnership-on-data-synergy\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-nbs-forge-partnership-on-data-synergy\",\"name\":\"INEC, NBS forge partnership on data synergy - 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