S
ixty-three per cent of Nigerians, or 113 million Nigerians remain multi-dimensionally poor, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, the Senior Special Assistant to President Tinubu on Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs has said..
Adefulire made the statement during an
advocacy and sensitization campaign in Kano and Ondo states on Monday, July 1,
noting that the global community was way behind in achieving the SDGs.
Adefulire’s statement comes after the
Multidimensional Poverty Index Report (2022) and the National Bureau of
Statistics’ Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Report (2022) revealed
significant leves of poverty across states and geopolitical zones, with the
north having a higher poverty rate than the south.
Adefulire
said: “The global community is lagging behind in efforts to attain the
Sustainable Development Goals, and Nigeria is facing various challenges.
”Therefore,
it’s imperative for all stakeholders, particularly state and local governments,
to accelerate progress.
“Nigeria is
committed to achieving the SDGs, but we’re faced with issues such as Triple C
Crisis – COVID, Climate Change, and Conflicts, which have put implementation
off-track globally. Only 15% of SDGs targets are on track as of 2023.
“In Nigeria,
63% or 133 million people are still multi-dimensionally poor, with poverty
levels varying significantly across states and geopolitical zones.
Multidimensional poverty is higher in rural areas, and 65% of poor people live
in the north, while 35% live in the south.
“The Federal
Government has demonstrated strong commitment to implementing the SDGs, and we
need sub-national governments to match these efforts. Institutional frameworks
have been established to guarantee effective implementation, but we require a
whole-of-society approach to achieve the SDGs.
“As we
approach the 2030 deadline, we must recommit to accelerating SDGs’
implementation, especially at the state and local governments level. We need
expertise and resources from all sectors to deliver on the SDGs.
“The SDGs
require a whole-of-society approach and clearly cannot be achieved with
stand-alone policies and projects. They must be carefully integrated into
national and sub-national policies and development plans.”
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