South Sudan commemorates Africa Statistics day
Monday, 19 November 2012 08:03 Muna Tesfai South Sudan >>> . South Sudan has joined the African continent to celebrate Africa Statistics Day. The day was marked at Nyakuron Cultural Center in Juba with a call on government offices, private offices and NGOs to produce statistics. The Chairperson of National Bureau of Statistics Isiah Chol Aruai, said figures compiled from the various offices can be used by the government to provide services to the people. "If we are to serve our people effectively and efficiently, we need to develop, we need to have statistics and statistics is not the work of the National Bureau of Statistics alone. It is the work of everybody. All the institutions being private, being public, we need to give high priority to the development of statistics. This one will enable us to effectively deliver services to our population." Aruai, explained that African Day of Statistics is mainly focusing on raising public awareness for the African countries to allocate resources for the development of the continent. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
