The Africa Youth Patriotic and Development Mission (AYPDM), an NGO, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to consolidate on the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and their various community projects across the country to ensure sustainable development in Nigeria.
The group’s Executive Director, Mr Adefila Kamal, made the call at a press briefing on Sunday in Abuja, which was held to draw support for the achievements of the MDGs with the help of development partners.
According to Kamal, the Buhari administration should offer adequate financial support for and protection to the numerous projects executed under the MDG programme in order to sustain its great achievements.
This, he said, should be by way of the provision of adequate counterpart funding and conditional grants so that the mandate of the MDGs can be achieved for a sustainable national development.
“Efforts have been made by the immediate past head of the grants scheme through innovative projects and programmes which include the village health workers scheme and rural women empowerment.
“Others include access to safe drinking water and ensuring access to quality education for the common man.
“The incumbent administration and head of the Conditional Grants Scheme (CGS) should, therefore, consolidate on the sterling records attained by his predecessor,’’ Kamal said.
He also implored heads of communities where the projects are sited to ensure that adequate security was provided for the projects’ facilities, noting that “government and international partners had spent large amount of resources in funding them.’’
The Executive Director further urged development partners to continue to support the MDGs, adding that this would help to fast track the overall achievement of the MDGs.
Kamal stressed that the MDGs were common factors that bear a broad spectrum of impact on the masses and urged the Federal Government to do all within its power to support it.
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