Data, not guesswork should drive Africa’s dev’t – Government Statistician
Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu, the Government Statistician, has called on African authorities to put data at the centre of development, warning that the continent cannot achieve justice, peace, inclusion, or prosperity without a firm foundation of evidence.
Speaking at the 2025 African Statistics Day celebration in Accra, and the launch of the Governance Series Wave Two Report, Dr. Iddrisu said Africa’s progress hinged on “real data, not guesses or assumptions.”
The event, on the theme: “Leveraging Innovations in Data and Statistics to Promote a Just, Peaceful, Inclusive and Prosperous Society for Africans,” forms part of efforts to raise public awareness of the critical role of statistics in shaping social and economic development across the continent.
“Today’s theme asks us to think deep...