
*NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS(NBS) HAS A 21y DAY ULTIMATUM TO REVIEW ITS METHODOLOGY ON BAD REPORTAGE AGAINST AKWA IBOM PEOPLE OR WITHDRAW SAME OR FACE THE LAW. * *By ~ METI MONDAY UKPEH ESQ.* (Ama-Mme Anana-Owo) It is no longer funny that the Federal Agency, NBS, will continue to pollute the sensitivities of the people of Akwa Ibom state with archaic, primitive and inaccurately derived statistics in recent times. The Bureau, within the span of 3years, has poorly labelled and painted the state in bad light, viz: (a) High in HIV, (b) Unemployment, and most recently (c) High in consumption of Alcohol. One would wonder: how many Beer Breweries do we have in the state? How many local alcohol production do we have? What is the population of the state compared to others do we have that we are high in unemployment? Can a state like Akwa Ibom with high level of Education, HIV consciousness and awareness be rated 2nd-highest in HIV without a proper statistical rese...