The Federal Government is to explore areas of strategic partnership and collaborations with the Civil Society Organisations in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, SSAP-SDGs, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire made this known, while speaking at the side event on achieving 2030 Agenda for sustainable development during the 55th Session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development, CSocD55 in New York.
In her presentation titled: “the Strategies for innovative partnership between Government and Civil Society Organisations in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Nigeria”, the presidential aide noted that government recognises the multiple functions the CSOs play in addressing the main challenges of Poverty and Environmental degradation, conflict and disaster, the HIV/AIDS pandemic and governance at all levels, from the local to the global.