United Nations initiative to partner Nigeria on SDGs

Prof. Labode Popoola, Director, Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Nigeria (SDSN), a UN initiative, says it will partner with the Federal Government to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the country.

Popoola made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja.

He recalled that SDGs, which implementation began on Jan. 1, built on the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that ended on Dec. 31, 2015.

The SDGs 17 goals and 169 targets are expected to wipe out poverty, fight inequality and tackle climate change over the next 15 years.

SDGs address the three dimensions of sustainable development: social, economic and environmental, as well as important aspects related to peace, justice and effective institutions.

Popoola said that the network had been sensitising people and trying to work out ways to work with the government to implement the goals effectively in the country.

We are also trying to work with the private sector to implement the goals,’’ he said.