Abuja – Mr Ochapa Oganyi, Secretary of Programme on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), has said that Nigeria’s MDGs Report 2015 will be presented to the public in September.
Oganyi made the statement in a meeting with some MDAs on the expansion of the technical working group for the production of the MDGs report in Abuja on Thursday.
He said that the report would present a true picture of the current status of MDGs indicators in Nigeria.
He explained that the report would also form part of the input for the UNDP general report delivered at the UN global MDGs meeting in September 2014.
He said that the report would give all the achievements, challenges and lessons learnt by the MDGs since its inception.
“It is important to tell the country what we have achieved. We want to document this report as much as possible.
“We have made a lot of achievements despite all the constraints and challenges.
“We are working on how we can build on the successes that we have recorded and how we can improve on them.
“We have also learnt lessons that will make us to make positive amendments so that we can implement those unfinished projects,’’ he said.
Oganyi said that the group would be deliberating on the work plan and methodology for the production of the 2015 MDGs report.
He said that it would also discuss the process for data harmonisation between the National Bureau of Statistics, Ministries, Departments and Agencies as well as MDGs indicators.
He said that it would also update members on the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda.
Oganyi, however, urged all the groups to put in everything necessary to ensure that the deliberation yielded a positive result for an authentic report.
Mr Hillary Ogbonna, National Coordinator, UN Millennium Campaign, said that the post-2015 framework was an opportunity to incorporate issues that were part of the millennium declaration.
Ogbonna said that MDGs did not reflect human rights, environmental sustainability, peace and security.
According to him, the post 2015 development agenda must be universally applicable but flexible to meet specific needs of people.
Also, Mr Ojijo Odhiambo, Economic Adviser, UNDP Nigeria, said that government should engage relevant stakeholders that could bring development to make the SDGs a universal agenda.
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Odhiambo said that UNDP was ready to support Nigeria in the implementation and achievement of SDGs.
“We are to support Nigeria but our support is only minimal; we will work on how partnership can be created and to see how stakeholders could be mobilised around the SDGs,’’ he said. (NAN)