Nigeria, June 9 -- The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has said Nigeria's aspiration to build a $1 trillion economy will remain difficult to achieve without a robust, credible and modern statistical system capable of providing accurate data for decision-making.

Mr Tajudeen stated this on Monday at a public hearing on the Statistics Bill, 2025, held at the National Assembly in Abuja.

The hearing comes as the National Assembly begins consultations on a proposed legislation aimed at overhauling Nigeria's statistical framework and replacing the nearly two-decade-old Statistics Act of 2007.

The public hearing was organised by the House Committee on National Planning and Economic Development and attracted representat...