Nigeria requires $55bn annually to meet UN’s SDGs

The Federal Government has said the country requires an annual budget of $55 billion to achieve the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This was disclosed in Abuja on Tuesday by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs.

The goals which have 17 points address the global challenges faced by humans, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, prosperity, and peace and justice.

Member counties are expected to achieve each goal by 2030.

According to the Senior Technical Adviser to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on the SDGs, Bala Yunusa, it would require $55bn annually to sufficiently fund these goals.

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He made this note when a delegation from the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) led by the Programme Manager, Kolawale Banwo, paid a courtesy visit to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, Adejoke Adefulire, in Abuja.

Yunusa urged CISLAC to be part of the civil society advocacy group on SDGs.

Meanwhile, Adefulire, who was represented by the Secretary of Programme, Hassan Suleiman, added that her office was ready to support CISLAC to ensure the total cleanup of Ogoniland while urging the organisation to collaborate with relevant MDAs to tackle the menace of water pollution.

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