An Exploratory Assessment of Nigeria’s Performance inudMillennium Development Goals (MDGs): Towards a BetterudPerformance of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

摘要

AbstractudBackground: In September 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were rolled out, following poorudoutcomes of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially in Africa and many low and middleincomeudcountries (LMICs). With the SDGs in place for another 15 years, it is worthwhile to critically review theudperformances of the MDGs in many African countries, identify gaps and improve appropriately on the relevantudSDGs. This study aimed to undertake an in-depth review of the MDGs in Nigeria as well as provideudrecommendations towards achieving the SDGs.udMethods: An expo-facto descriptive analysis of secondary data: The Millennium Development GoalsudPerformance Tracking Survey Report (MDGPTSR, 2012-2015) by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) andudUnited Nations Millennium Development Goals Report (UNMDGR, 2015) which were the main sources of dataudfor this study was adopted. A search of Google Scholar and relevant organizations’ websites was conducted toudidentify other published and unpublished literature. A descriptive analysis, detailed synthesis and contentudanalysis of findings were presented.udResults: Findings revealed Nigeria and many African countries generally performed poorly on MDGs 2, 3, andud7. Improved performances were recorded on other MDGs, with this mainly limited to post-2010 period.udConclusion: This study suggests major pitfalls in the MDGs may have been due to poor government supportudand political will at implementation phase. It is important that gaps and lessons are appraised, and this improvedudon over the next 15 years of the SDGs in these countries.udKeywords: Millennium Development Goals, Sustainable Development Goals, in-depth, descriptive, Nigeria,udAfrica.