From Isaac Anumihe, Abuja
Oyo State Government has said that following the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) reports of 2016/17 and 2021, by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the state has reduced the percentage of out of school children of primary school age from 23.9 per cent in 2016/17 to 13.9 per cent in 2021 for males and the same for females from 27.1 per cent in 2016/17 to 18.8 per cent in 2021.
Speaking at a two-day bi-annual meeting of the National Consultative Committee on Statistics (NCCS) in Ibadan, the Governor, Engineer Oluseyi Makinde stated that the state reduced under five mortality from 67 per 1000 in 2016/17 to 57 per 1000 in 2021 and reduced Infant Neonatal Mortality Rate from 59 per 1000 in 2016/17 to 40 per 1000 in 2021.
“Increased percentage of women with a live birth in the last two years who were attended to by skilled health personnel from 79.8 per cent in 2016/17 to 82.6 per cent in 2021.
“Eighty-nine point eight per cent of men and 83.1 per cent of women age 15-49 years feel save walking alone in their neighborhood after dark in 2021″he said
In a statement, the Statistician General (SG) of the Federation, Prince Semiu Adeyemi Adeniran stated the need for collaboration to enhance the granularity and accuracy of data.
“The journey towards making data more accessible at the sub-national level begins with a robust and inclusive data collection process. We must work collaboratively to enhance the granularity and accuracy of our data, ensuring that the data collection instruments, and analysis tools are designed to be inclusive, reflecting the nuances and peculiarity of each sub-national entity. You cannot disseminate what you have not collected or analysed.
“As a system, this may involve rethinking our processes and procedures. It will mean leveraging new technologies, expanding the scope of our surveys, and embracing innovative methodologies to capture and report this wide array of statistical insights that tell the story of our nation’s realities.
“We estimate that less than 20 per cent of the information collected in our surveys are presented in the survey report” he said.