Over 40 SDG indicators measured nationwide – NBS

Nigeria is conducting certainly one of its most expansive social surveys in many years, gathering information on greater than 40 Sustainable Improvement Objective indicators nationwide, the Statistician-Normal of the Federation, Adeyemi Adeniran, has mentioned.

Adeniran mentioned this to The PidomNigeria throughout a subject go to to enumerators within the Idi-Oro Mushin space of Lagos on Monday, alongside officers from the Nationwide Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF Nigeria.

The PidomNigeria studies that the survey referred to as the A number of Indicator Cluster Survey, seventh version, is a partnership with UNICEF, with NBS within the lead. The information is aimed toward measuring the welfare of girls, males, kids and adolescents throughout the nation.

“We’re right here in Lagos State to hold out what you name a monitoring train, to go across the enumeration areas the place our group of enumerators and supervisors are accumulating information for the A number of Indicator Cluster Survey spherical seven that we’re doing all through the state of the Federation. That is one survey that is essential for the nation, not simply to have information, however as a result of it has to do with the welfare of girls, males, kids and adolescents,” he mentioned.

Detailing the significance of MICS 7 for coverage and growth outcomes, Adeniran mentioned the survey captures in depth indicators tied to nationwide welfare and world growth objectives.

“We even have in that survey not fewer than 40 indicators of the Sustainable Improvement Objectives, that are additionally captured in that survey. So, you will need to plan for the welfare, for the socio-economic welfare of the residents,” he asserted.

To make sure information high quality and compliance, the Statistician-Normal mentioned monitoring of subject groups was underway and that the group had already gone to Adamawa, with Lagos being the second state to be visited.

“We wish to see the extent of cooperation that our subject workers are getting from the respondents. And we additionally wish to study whether or not the enumerators are finishing up the interview within the method and pointers which can be stipulated for them through the coaching,” Adeniran mentioned.

He described help buildings in place to make sure information sanctity: “We even have information editors on the headquarters which can be additionally checking the info that they’re getting every day, taking a look at what areas want enchancment, and they’re giving them suggestions every day to enhance on it.”

Adeniran additionally famous operational obstacles encountered within the subject, together with capturing kids beneath the age of 5 and safety considerations.

“One of many key challenges that we observe is that the kids are in class now. So, each time our enumerators go round to gather information, the kids will not be round, which necessitates them all the time coming again late within the night. We require a sure variety of under-five kids… as a result of they’re very, essential. The information we’re accumulating on this class of respondent is so vital for his or her well being, for his or her schooling and for his or her progress,” he maintained.

Supporting the nationwide scope and coverage utility, UNICEF Nigeria’s Chief of Planning and Monitoring, Wayne Bacale, reaffirmed the breadth of the survey.

He mentioned, “UNICEF has been supporting a lot of international locations everywhere in the world, and we have now experience on this, so we offer technical help to coach our extremely competent Nationwide Bureau of Statistics workers on how to make sure that the survey is statistically sound and internationally consultant.”

Talking on the stakeholders assembly on Tuesday, Bacale mentioned, “That is the seventh spherical of the A number of Indicator Clusters Survey. The Nationwide Bureau of Statistics has truly led on this since 1995. We thought that whereas ready for the ultimate findings, it might be good to have a preliminary sensitisation of various stakeholders on why the A number of Indicator Cluster Survey is vital and the way it might be helpful for our ministries, from schooling to water sources to well being, as a result of this data is nationwide.

“Secondly, it’s additionally multi-sectoral. What it means is that it’ll cowl the state of affairs of youngsters and girls in several sectoral priorities, and this, we hope, will likely be very useful information that may assist us with evidence-based decision-making and coverage suggestions. We’re presently within the data-gathering part of the MICS survey, and we hope to finish the info gathering by March this 12 months. Then, after that, we’ll convene the method with the NBS to analyse the info. By June or July, we’ll have the ability to have the important thing findings of the survey.”

The Nationwide Guide for MICS 7, Dr Isiaka Olarewaju, emphasised Nigeria’s lengthy participation within the survey and the significance of statistical confidentiality.

“We began the primary spherical in 1995, and it’s a four-year periodic survey, and that’s how we joined the remainder of Nigeria, which is among the international locations that has participated in all rounds,” he mentioned.

Whereas calling for states to embrace the method and plan to have state-level MICS, he revealed that Nigeria’s MICS information was probably the most downloaded on this planet, “Simply as Nigeria information is probably the most downloaded on this planet for MICS, Lagos State would have been there. If it’s solely state by state.”

He elaborated on confidentiality safeguards: “Any data we get from the respondent could be very, very confidential, is to not be shared with anyone… We don’t embrace something that identifies any information provider. Once we analyse the info on the combination stage, we are able to speak about what is going on in a neighborhood authorities, what is going on in a state, however they received’t inform anyone what is going on in anyone’s family or household.”

Giving further context on subject logistics, UNICEF Monitoring Specialist Yejimmawerk Desta underscored the survey’s attain: “As an illustration, we have now 50 clusters which can be randomly chosen, and we have now round 100,000 households,” and described the info richness, “A number of indicator cluster survey is among the gold commonplace surveys. It’s child-centric, with cuts throughout a whole lot of sectors… However importantly, it brings all of the relations – the lads, the ladies, and the adolescents which can be in the home. So, it’s actually the info that could be very wealthy, and the info will come as a consultant on the nationwide and state stage.”

In his speech, the Director, Lagos Bureau of Statistics, Tayo Oseni-Ope, urged entry to information units for deep evaluation: “We nonetheless imagine that past the info evaluation, past the highlights… that there needs to be… a knowledge set out there to these states that the MICS was being carried out, particularly for additional evaluation.” UNICEF expressed willingness to oblige this request.

In the meantime, the UNICEF Planning, Monitoring and Reporting Specialist for Lagos, Olanipekun Oluwasola, reiterated collaborative evaluation. He mentioned, “In every of the states, we’ll be working with the Ministry of Planning and all the opposite ministries. No matter you wish to do, undergo the Ministry of Planning, and as we have now, we won’t be doing the evaluation on the central stage. That’s in Abuja. Will probably be executed in that state, for instance, in Lagos State, the place we have now the info set. We’ll come collectively as a group. Every of the ministries will likely be represented in order that we are able to do a deep dive collectively and see the outcome collectively. That manner, we’re doing two issues. We’re making the info out there. We’re constructing our capability on transcend the nationwide and state ranges to the LGA stage, and likewise, we’re producing our outcomes collectively in order that they’re extra helpful, extra honed by the state.”