Reps move to replace 2007 Statistics Law with new data framework

June 8, 2026

By Gift Chapi Odekina, Abuja

ABUJA — 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 the capacity of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to provide timely and reliable data.

Abbas described the bill as a comprehensive reform of the country’s statistical framework, noting that the existing law was enacted under significantly different technological and economic conditions.