Concrete actions to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are underway in all parts of the world. Since the beginning of implementation, a series of challenges and opportunities have arisen at the local level, particularly with regards to reaching the communities furthest behind. Successful implementation of the SDGs requires ownership by subnational governments and dedicated efforts to ensure that all residents in states, provinces and cities are included in comprehensive and ambitious SDGs data, monitoring, programming and policy reforms.
Kaduna State, Nigeria, is one of the first subnational governments in the world to conduct an in-depth analysis of local SDGs data and strategy development to implement all 17 Goals in the State. The State has already integrated the SDGs into its State Development Plan for 2016-20 and is improving livelihoods, investing in education and ensuring access to life-saving services, while boosting environmental sustainability, social cohesion and peace for its citizens. The State will release one of the first in-depth reports published by a state government on SDG implementation progress thus far.
Who:
- Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Budget and Planning, Nigeria
- Barnabas Yusuf Bala, Deputy Governor, Kaduna State, Nigeria
- Muhammad Sani Abdullahi, Commissioner, Planning and Budget, Kaduna State, Nigeria
- Edward Kallon, UN Resident Coordinator in Nigeria
What: Press briefing on the launch of the SDG Report: Kaduna State, Nigeria
When: Wednesday 20 September, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. EDT
Where: SDG Media Zone, Visitors Plaza, UN Headquarters, New York, or live through http://webtv.un.org
For more information on the SDG Media Zone, please visit: www.un.org/sdgmediazone/
Media contacts
UN Department of Public Information
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