The Federal Government has stressed the need for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be fully integrated into national and sub-national development plans rather than being implemented as isolated initiatives.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs (SSAP-SDGs), Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, made this call during the North-East Regional Consultation in Gombe as part of Nigeria’s 2025 Voluntary National Review (VNR) preparation for the High-Level Political Forum in New York in July 2025. Represented by Dr. Bala Yunusa, Senior Technical Adviser, she emphasized the importance of inclusive stakeholder engagement in tracking Nigeria’s progress on the 2030 Agenda.
She further explained that the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) established the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) as a global review platform, and Nigeria is currently conducting its third VNR across all six geopolitical zones to assess progress, challenges, and future strategies for achieving the SDGs.
