Simon Harry, the Statistician-General of the Federation is dead. Mr Harry’s passing was declared on Wednesday morning.

As indicated by a source at the National Bureau of Statistics, Mr Harry has been in unconsciousness since Saturday and kicked the bucket early long stretches of Wednesday.

Mr Harry’s demise was affirmed in a press articulation gave by Ichedi Joel, Director of Communication and Public Relations, NBS.

What NBS is talking about
The assertion noticed that Mr Harry kicked the bucket after a short ailment.

“The Board, the executives and staff of National Bureau of Statistics(NBS), with a profound feeling of misfortune, declare the passing on of the Statistician General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of NBS, Dr. Simon Harry, in the early long stretches of today, Wednesday, April thirteenth 2022 after a short sickness.”

“The expired was joyfully hitched and his marriage is honored with kids,” the assertion read to some extent.

What you ought to be aware of

• In August 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari delegated Mr Harry as the new SG to head the NBS.
• Mr Harry joined the help as Statistician II in 1992 and rose to the place of Substantive Director of Statistics in 2019.
• Mr Harry is cherished by the staff of NBS in light of his commitments and change of the workplace since he took over as SG.
• The expired was brought into the world on March 15, 1965 in Lishin-Jengre neighborhood administration of Plateau State.
• He moved on from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) honours degree in Economics.
• In 1997, he acquired a Post-Graduate Diploma in Statistics from the University of Ibadan.
• He holds a Masters certification and PhD in Economics from the University of Abuja and was an individual from numerous expert bodies in Nigeria and abroad.
• Mr Harry began his public profession in 1992 and had ascended through the positions before he was named the Statistician-General of the Federation on August 26th 2021.