The National Bureau of Statistics website has remained shut nearly three weeks after it was hacked, Bellnews reports.
Checks by Bellnews on Monday showed that the website is still inactive. This is coming ahead of the December inflation report expected to be released next week, January 15, 2025.
Bellnews reports that on December 18, 2024, NBS confirmed that its official website was hacked.
NBS had promised to recover the website, which served as a repository of statistics and information.
This comes as NSB allocated N35 million for cybersecurity in its N9.85 billion budget for 2025.
The hack incident came after an NBS Experience and Security Perception Survey, which showed that Nigerians paid an estimated N2.3 trillion as ransom in 12 months and that 65 percent of households had been affected by kidnapping incidents.
The survey had generated controversy over its veracity.