The year 2015 is significant as the year when the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will expire. It also marks the beginning of new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aimed at bettering the lives of people all over the world will commence. This has great and implications for national governments across the globe.
The Future Project, with a mandate to build a network of empowered citizens, joined Save the Children, ONE and a coalition of other committed organisations to host the Action/2015 initiative.
“Instead of throwing our hands in the air and giving up because it is 2015 and we see how much work we still have to do to achieve the MDG’s, we choose instead to build on what has worked and learn from what has not in order to create the future we want,” said Mfon Ekpo, who is Executive Director of TFP. “It is with this backdrop that The Future Project is proud to be part of the conversation to drive the issue of sustainable development beyond 2015.”
In attendance at the event were Coordinating Minister for the Economy and the Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Coach Samson Siasia; One Campaign ambassador and actress Genevieve Nnaji, musicians Nikki Laoye and Timi Dakolo amongst others.[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”10″]
“We need to take action while drawing lessons from the past MDG programme as no one can access progress if your starting point is unclear,” Nnaji said.
