
Responding to the request, Mr. Esiri Ojo, the Technical Adviser to the Statistician General of the Federation, Dr. Yemi Kale has undertaken to provide details of the methodology and design of quarterly job creation survey carried out by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This response followed official communication from the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser to the President redirecting the FOI request to the NBS.
Ahead of the verification exercise, S4C has had prior engagement with federal and state ministries, particularly the ministry of agriculture and rural development examining the:
(1) The historical trajectory of the reforms in the agricultural sector;
(2) Procedure for needs identification, prioritization, planning and the implementation of agro-projects and intervention
(3) Institutionalization of reform processes, including the adequacy and functionality of sustainability mechanisms
(4) Strategy for public engagement, communication and multi-sectoral coordination
(5) Job creation specifics: quality, quantity, viability and sustainability.