In observance of World Statistics Day today Finace Minister Dr. Ashni Singh in a message says capacity building in Statistics is a long-term commitment and Guyana Government’s support for statistics is unequivocal and for the long term.
The new series of Guyana’s National Accounts and Consumer Price Index which were introduced in January of this year based on the results of a well executed Household Budget Survey done in 2006 constituted a monumental piece of work by the staff at the Bureau of Statistics.
The Minister also pointed out that the gesture by the UN General Assembly to give to the statistical systems worldwide and the staffers who work within these systems the type of recognition that is long overdue by the observance of this particular day ‘World Statistics Day’ which today and henceforth will be observed on the 20th of October each year, will take its place alongside other important observances of the United Nations.
This year’s World Statistic Day theme is Celebrating the many achievements of official statistics and the core values of service, integrity and professionalism’.
