Mustapha List 10 modest achievements of SDGs in Nigeria at MAN 50th Anniversary

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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted in 2015 by the United Nations (UN) as a global call to end poverty, save the planet and ensure peace and prosperity in the world

Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation at a high-level conversation on industrialisation and sustainable development organised by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN)

 

 

The forum organised by the Manufacturers Association of Nigerian (MAN) to commemorate its 50th Anniversary was held on Thursday October 7th, 2021 at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, Lekki. Lagos State.

 

Mustapha also noted that the choice of such a contemporary theme as “Industrialisation: A Pathway to Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” could not have been more apposite than now when the global community, including Nigeria, is reeling from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

 

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation said as we all know, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted in 2015 by the United Nations (UN) as a global call to end poverty, save the planet and ensure peace and prosperity in the world.  According to him, its 17 Goals, 169 Targets and Indicators (247 or 231 if we consider those that were repeated under about three different but related targets) were established to improve the lives of the people across the world, particularly in the developing countries.

 

He noted that these Goals recognized that ending poverty requires strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth, while managing climate change and working to preserve the oceans and forests.

 

He cited that since the commencement of the implementation of SDGs in Nigeria, from January 2016 to date, the following modest achievements have been recorded::

He cited that since the commencement of the implementation of SDGs in Nigeria, from January 2016 to date, the following modest achievements have been recorded:

i Establishment of the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs as the Coordinating Office for the SDGs in Nigeria;

ii Retention of the Conditional Grant Scheme (CGS), one of the global best practices which contributed in no small measure to the successes of MDGs in Nigeria has been repositioned to enhance performance through incentivized inter-governmental collaboration in order to channel resources to projects and programmes that had significant impact on the poor and vulnerable at the sub-national level by scaling up interventions on health, education, water & sanitation, economic empowerment;

iii  Launch of the NYSC/SDGs Champions in 2017, as a continuation of the NYSC – MDGs for training and developing Nigerian youth with Agro-Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Digital skills needed for growing high-impact sustainable businesses and global competitiveness, as well as for food security and wealth creation in preparation of their post service period;

iv Integration of the SDGs into the Nigeria’s National Development Plan NDP (2021-2025);

v Developed Nigeria’s SDGs Implementation Plan (2020-2030) as a coherent Roadmap for the ‘Decade of Action’ for the Global Goals;

vi Supporting Federal MDAs on Mainstreaming, Acceleration and Policy Support (MAPS) and 36 States and FCT on SDGs based Planning;

vii. Domestication and customisation of the Nigeria Integrated Sustainable Development Goals (ISDGs) Policy Simulation Model – 2019;

viii  Re-alignment of the National Statistic System (NSS) with the requirements and Indicators of the SDGs – completed in December 2020;

xi Commenced the design and implementation of the Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFFs) for the SDGs; and

x Multi-Stakeholder engagement mechanisms such as the Private Sector Advisory Group (PSAG), Donors’ Partnership Forum on SDGs, Civil Society Strategy Group on SDGs, amongst others with the representatives of Women, Youth, the Elderly and People with Disabilities (PWDs).

“More appropriately for Nigeria, we have been in existence as a Nation for sixty-one years and in spite of all efforts by various administrations, we are yet to become an industrialised Nation as was the dream on attainment of independence.

 

“It is important to mention that the above has not been achieved without some challenges, which have been summarized by the United Nations Sustainable Development reports as poor funding of education in the budgets, high number of out-of-school-children especially the Girl-Child as well as prolonged neglect of learning environments and facilities.

 

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation stressed that it may be necessary to remind us that the idea of Nigeria becoming an industrialised Nation was muted in the First Republic when Late Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa started discussions on developing a steel plant for the country. Unfortunately, this dream was cut short with his assassination, he noted. However, Mustapha pointed out that late President Shehu Shagari, who was a member of Tafawa Balewa’s cabinet, picked up the dream. “Unfortunately, we all know the interplay of international conspiracy aided by local collaborators that have ensured Nigeria does not develop capability in steel production.”

 

“Industrialization is the development of industries or manufacturing companies in a country or region on a wide scale.  It brings about a structural change, from an agrarian economy producing primary products to an industrial-products economy, sign-posting the middle course of the development trajectory that ends with services. It is therefore a gradual and painstaking worthy journey that is treated with commitment and tenacity.   It is also the harbinger of economic diversification as once it sets off; different productive activities would begin to spring up through research and innovation, he added.

 


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