Reps move to replace 2007 Statistics Law with new data framework

By Gift Chapi Odekina, AbujaABUJA — The House of Representatives has begun legislative action to repeal the Statistics Act, 2007 and replace it with a new legal framework designed to modernise Nigeria’s statistical system for the digital era.Speaking at a public hearing on the Statistics Bill, 2025, at the National Assembly on Monday, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, said the proposed legislation would strengthen the National Statistical System and improve th