The Decade of Action Agenda is gradually approaching the climax , about five years to the global community decision to end not only multidimensional poverty, social inequality, gender disparity, economic quagmire among many others that encompassed the 17 SDGs goals .
The combination of domesticated efforts of the leadership of the SDGs in Nigeria under Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire as the Senior Special Assistant to the President SSAP -SDGs along with the international communities and collaboration with the sub-nationals was aimed at driving the program to fruition.
This has brought fore the global campaign by the United Nations and the United Nations Deputy Secretary General, UN-DSG , Ms Amina J. Mohammed advocating for more funding and supports both locally and globally.
Going by the magnitude of natural and artificial occurrences and global resurgence, the quest by the leadership of the global body at the UN level for more supports in terms of funding by Federal, State , Local Government, along with Private Sector, Civil Society Organisations CSO’s, Non Governmental Organizations NGO’s , Corporate, privileged and Multinationals had become imperative.
The recent pronouncement by the global body for the need to redouble the funding of the global program domesticated in Nigeria to the tune of $10 Billion annually, will ameliorate in greater stead the execution of not only laudable programs that will improve the welfare of ordinary Nigerians, but bridge the wider gap of poverty ridden society prevalent in all parts of the country.
For raising this alarm towards the achievement of the decade of action Agenda, 2020-2030 inspite the global community supports to the program, is an indicator of the need for government at all levels to show more religious commitment ,disposition and obligations towards achieving the targeted requirements in all areas .
With some level of quantum supports from the federal lawmakers through domiciliation of constituency projects , apathy from sub-nationals, particularly states and local government, through refusal to fund counterpart arrangements, and seamless efforts from the handlers of the program in Nigeria, the desire for more government fundings, international intervention cannot be overemphasized.
The proposed $10 Billion annual funding , which is dependent on the reliable and meticulous leadership, financial prudence displayed under the current leadership of Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire who is determined to take the country not beyond 2020-2030 Agenda, but to Eldorado in all areas of social stratification.
The desire for more funding beyond the proposed UN proposal as advocated by the United Nations Deputy Secretary General UN-DSG, Ms Amina J. Mohammed will even be more glaring considering the effects of the debilitating three C’s, which ranges front “COVID, CONFLICT and CLIMATE” and it’s consequences locally and globally.
Aside all these negativity, natural and artificial occurrences, the need to double budget allocation to SDGs for domestic purposes stemmed towards the local efforts through provision of health facilities and special centers from primary, secondary and tertiary, prioritizing the provision of Quality Education through mass intervention with building and renovation of schools spanned from basic, primary, secondary and tertiary institution’s, an indicator of the workability of the global SDGs Goal 3 and 4.
Provision of quality social amenities and services through intervention, were many boreholes were built and renovation was carried out to meeting the global requirements and revolution, as well as women parity, empowerment, skill development and advancement, as well as capacity building of the women in line with the global provisions to achieving the 17 SDGs goals.
The concerted efforts to ameliorate the global program of 17 SDGs goals and impact on the ordinary Nigerians in line with the 2020-2030 Agenda , with agreement from sub-nationals, private advisory groups PSAG, the international communities must show alot of willingness.
While advocating the global community funding beyond the current stead, the position of UN SDGs as a global managers and administrators, was envisaging the precarious situations prevalent across the globe, and the need to make provision for any eventualities, particularly from the already heightened three C’s prevalent across the globe.
Beyond the global advocate for more funding, government at all levels particularly states and local government whose efforts are at a low ebb , aside funding, but adequate attention towards resolving the social disequilibrium across the globe with Nigeria not left out.
All hands must be on deck considering the huge impact of all round development status of the leadership of SDGs in the country, the position of the UN-DSG should be considered without further delay , so as to take the global crises and resolution beyond 2020-2030 Agenda.
*ABUBAKAR YUSUF writes from Abuja can be reached on [email protected].
