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Statistician-Gen Wants Budget Increase For NBS
Dr. Yemi Kale, the Statistician General of the Federation, has called for an increase in the budgetary allocation of the National Bureau of Statistics.
Kale, who made the call in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja, said that inadequate funding was one of the challenges of the bureau in the generation of statistics.
“While we will continue to encourage increased support from budgetary sources and from our development partners; we must also adopt a more efficient utilisation of our resources from different sources,’’ he said.
Kale said the bureau had to develop and introduce a more coordinated, organised, practical, systematic and effective process for raising, managing and utilising its resources.
“For example, our projects and other activities need to be better managed from articulation and conceptualisation to execution and delivery.
“It is better that we have five well conceptualised, well funded and completed projects than to have 10 poorly articulated, thinly funded and uncompleted projects,’’ Kale said.
He promised to turn the bureau to a revenue generating institution to reduce the financial burden on government and the development partners.
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Kenyan Runners Dominate Berlin Marathons
Kenya made it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men’s race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s.
Sawe finished in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds to make it three wins in his first three marathons.
The 30-year-old, who was victorious at this year’s London Marathon, set a sizzling pace as he left the field behind and ran much of the race surrounded only by his pacesetters.
Japan’s Akasaki Akira came second after a powerful latter half of the race, finishing almost four minutes behind Sawe, while Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele followed in third.
“I did my best and I am happy for this performance,” said Sawe.
“I am so happy for this year. I felt well but you cannot change the weather. Next year will be better.”
Sawe had Kelvin Kiptum’s 2023 world record of 2:00:35 in his sights when he reached halfway in 1:00:12, but faded towards the end.
In the women’s race, Wanjiru sped away from the lead pack after 25 kilometers before finishing in 2:21:05.
Ethiopia’s Dera Dida followed three seconds behind Wanjiru, with Azmera Gebru, also of Ethiopia, coming third in 2:21:29.
Wanjiru’s time was 12 minutes slower than compatriot Ruth Chepng’etich’s world record of 2:09:56, which she set in Chicago in 2024.
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