By Lodu William Odiya<\/b><\/p>\n
In a continued effort to strengthen South Sudan\u2019s national statistical system, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) officially handed over a consignment of IT equipment to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In a statement that was released by the NBS yesterday, the donation which includes 10 high-performance laptops and a professional grade printer, is aimed at streamlining the coordination, production, and analysis of vital agricultural statistics\/data across the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The handover is part of a broader strategic partnership designed to modernize how South Sudan handles food security and agricultural data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n By equipping the NBS with modern hardware and specialized software, the FAO aims to Provide NBS staff with the necessary tools to manage large-scale data sets efficiently, utilize pre-installed software to ensure agricultural information is precise,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n timely, and actionable, and Foster long-term institutional growth by ensuring the Bureau has the infrastructure to lead national statistical projects.<\/span><\/p>\n According to the statement, Felix Dzvurumi, the FAO Team Leader, during the ceremony emphasized that the donation is a core component of the organization\u2019s mandate to support government institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n “This is part of our mandate to build institutional capacity,” said Mr. Felix.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “This donation will directly facilitate the gathering and processing of agriculture information and statistics through the specialized software installed on these machines,”<\/span><\/p>\n The Director General of the NBS, Augustino Ting Mayai, expressed gratitude for the enduring partnership between the two entities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n He commended the FAO for their “continued and sustained support,” noting that such contributions are vital for the Bureau to fulfill its role in national development.<\/span><\/p>\n The event ended with a formal signing of handover documents, marking the official transfer of assets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n According to the press unit, this collaboration underscored a shared commitment to evidence-based policy making, ensuring that South Sudan\u2019s agricultural sector is guided by reliable data and a skilled workforce.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Lodu William Odiya In a continued effort to strengthen South Sudan\u2019s national statistical system, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) officially handed over a consignment of IT equipment to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).\u00a0 In a statement that was released by the NBS yesterday,[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Augustino-Ting-Mayai-National-Bureau-of-statistics-Executive-Director.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43915,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43913\/revisions\/43915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}