Top Nigerian govt official dies after appointment by Buhari (PHOTO)

<p><em><strong>Top Nigerian govt official dies 7 months after appointment &lpar;PHOTO&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>The <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Statistician-General<&sol;a> of the Federation&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Dr&period; Simon Harry<&sol;a>&comma; is dead&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Harry was rushed to the hospital on Saturday and was responding to treatment but he died on Wednesday morning&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14246" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;04&sol;0oF3V2DI-300x272&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"272" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Late Dr Simon Harry<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Confirming the development&comma; the Director&comma; Corporate Communications and Public Relations at the National Bureau of Statistics &lpar;NBS&rpar;&comma; Mr&period; Sunday Ichedi&comma; said&comma; <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is confirmed&comma; the statistician general is dead&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ichedi refused to go into details after confirming the tragic development&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Harry was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in August 2021 at the tenure expiration of Mr&period; Yemi Kale who served as statistician general for two terms&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;2023-top-apc-presidential-aspirant-withdraws-from-race&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff0000&semi;">Top APC Aspirant Quits 2023 Presidential Race<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Before his appointment as the head of NBS&comma; he was the Director&comma; Corporate Planning and Technical Coordination Department with about three decades of statistical experience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;