INVESTMENT IN SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY OF NIGERIA

摘要

The attainment of global sustainable development remains a paramount objective of every country. The challenges of social infrastructure in Nigeria in terms of global sustainable national development are numerous ranging from energy, transport, health, and education. It is quite clear that the level of social infrastructural development in Nigeria is nothing but poor. Therefore the study examined investment in social infrastructure for global sustainable national development. The broad objective of the study was to examine the role of infrastructure in contributing to sustainable development in Nigeria. Other specific objectives include the contribution of improved infrastructure to global sustainable development. This study adopted the qualitative method and made use of research instruments such as the interview guide which elicited responses from the respondents. In the same vein, the review of articles from the internet, relevant books, journals, newspaper to mention a few were used for the purpose of this study. The use of secondary data is therefore justified due to its intrinsic values. The study uses Nigeria as a case study and as such focused on Infrastructure and its contribution to her Sustainable development. The study delved into the concept of social infrastructure and sustainable development as well as the contribution of infrastructure to global sustainable development. The study found out that the factors responsible for the poor state of social infrastructure in Nigeria include inadequate funding, poor governance and corruption. The study recommended that adequate and modern transportation infrastructure should be provided, upgrade and establishment of hospitals and clinics should be done, more plants for energy generation should be establish, more schools and facilities should be provided at all levels of education.