Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Bagudu. Photo: Premium Times.
The Federal Government and the United Nations have called for stronger partnerships, innovative financing and accelerated implementation of development programmes to fast-track the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals before the 2030 deadline.
The call was made on Monday during the Joint United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2023–2027 Steering Committee Meeting held at the UN House in Abuja.
Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Bagudu, said with only a few years left to attain the SDGs, governments and development partners must move beyond planning to implementation while mobilising private capital to bridge the financing gap.
“2030 is around the corner and I mean for the United Nations as well as for many countries there is urgency, there is the need to do more in the very short time that remains for the sustainable development goals to be realised or to be as much as possible achieved,” Bagudu said.
