Humanitarian aid not enough to achieve SDGs – EU
By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mr. Gautier Mignot, has emphasized that while humanitarian and development aid are crucial, they are not sufficient on their own to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Speaking during the EU Delegation’s visit to Skyline University in Kano […]
No N23Bn missing in SDGs office, National Assembly clears Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire of budget padding
The National assembly through the House Committee on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has cleared Victoria Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs) of Financial Impropriety.
Nigeria needs $350b to attain SDGs — SURVEY
By Chioma Obinna Nigeria needs a total of $350 billion to attain the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, by 2030 and has a current estimate of public sector gap of $100 billion according to the 2019 National Demographic Health Survey, NDHS. An Independent Development Consultant, Dr. Davis Omotola, while x-raying the findings of the national survey […]
FG seeks support in returning out-of-school children to classes
Mrs Adejoke Adefulire, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has called for joint government/stakeholders’ effort in returning out-of-school children to classrooms. Adefulire, who made the appeal in Abuja on Friday at an event to commemorate this year’s International Day of Education (IDE), said that the Federal Government would continue […]
SDGs: UNICEF urges funding of 4 key sectors in Kano, Katsina
Mr. Maulid Warfa, the UNICEF Chief of Field Office, Kano, has called on Kano and Katsina state governments to allocate more resources to the four key sectors for children and women for the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The four keys thematic areas are nutrition, education, health as well as water and sanitation. Warfa […]
Vision 2030: Community leader seeks synergy with traditional rulers
Chief Festus Awoniyi, a community leader in Omu-Aran, Kwara, on Monday called for specific roles for traditional rulers in the country in order to achieve the Vision 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Awoniyi, a retired administrator and the Petu Atayero of Omu-Aran, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of […]
