Planning for Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria

Abstract

Sustainable development has popularly been conceptualised to imply meeting the needs of present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Thus, any development that is highly probable to adversely affect future generations cannot be said to be consistent with sustainable development. The entire world currently aims to achieve a set of development goals known as “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” before or by 2030. For a country to achieve the SDGs, such country must, among other things, adequately plan for the achievement of the goals. This paper highlights some of the anomalies and inadequacies associated with the SDGs. The paper also discusses some of the major things that              should be done in planning for SDGs in Nigeria. The paper concludes by cautioning that Nigeria       may soon become a failed state if the various socio-economic problems currently plaguing the country are not adequately tackled, and then recommends that the country should optimally plan for the attainment of the SDGs in order for her to become one of the most developed countries in the world within a short time.

Keywords: Planning, Sustainable Development Goals, Age Structure, Nigeria