That accurate data is critical to economic planning and judicious distribution of revenues among the federating units and between the Centre and provinces is an imperative. Not only does the absence of reliable data raise questions about government's intentions, it also invites global censure. Abraham Lincoln had famously said, "you can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time."
That accurate data is critical to economic planning and judicious distribution of revenues among the federating units and between the Centre and provinces is an imperative. Not only does the absence of reliable data raise questions about government's intentions, it also invites global censure. Abraham Lincoln had famously said, "you can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time."