Section 20: Functions of the National Consultative Committee

(1) The Consultative Committee shall-
(a) examine the statistical programmes of the various agencies annually (at an appropriate period before the annual budget preparation) in order to achieve greater co-ordination and avoid unnecessary duplication of efforts and evolve a national statistical progamme or the approval of the Board of the Bureau;
(b) examine the Statistics Act and recommend to the Board any necessary changes as the need arises; and
(c) develop strategies which shall ensure uniform standards and methodologies amongst the various agencies with a view to improving on the quality comparability and timeliness of their statistics output.
(2) The National Consultative Committee on Statistics shall comprise-
(a) Statistician-General as Chairman;
(b) Director of Planning, Research and Statistics Department of relevant Federal Ministries, and Agencies;
(c) Directors of State's Statistical Agencies;
(d) representative of the Central Bank of Nigeria;
(e) representative of the National Population Commission;
(f) representative of the Customs Service;
(g) representative of the Immigration Service;
(h) representative of the Nigeria Armed Forces;
(i) representative of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation;
(j) representative of Research and Training Institutions;
(k) two representatives of Organized Private Sector ;and
(l) two representatives of Civil Society Organization.