President Muhammadu Buharion on Thursday approved the appointment of Simon Harry as the Statistician-General of the Federation to head the National Bureau of Statistics
This is according to a statement issued on Thursday by the Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the Minister of Finance, Budget and Planning, Yunusa Abdullahi.
The statement noted that Harry is to succeed Kale, whose second term of five years expired on August 16.
It was titled, “President Buhari approves appointment of Dr. Simon Harry as Statistician-General of the Federation.”
It read in part, “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Simon B. Harry as the new Statistician-General of the Federation to head the National Bureau of Statistics.
“Dr. Harry is to succeeded the outgoing Statistician-General, Dr. Yemi Kale, whose second term tenure of five years expires on 16th August, 2021”