New York – President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria
yesterday in New York, United States of America
impressed it upon the minds of world leaders to work
assiduously for the elimination of hunger, illiteracy and
disease by 2030.
The president made the remark while addressing the
United Nations Plenary Summit for the Adoption of the
Post-2015 Development Agenda at the UN general
assembly.
The social vices were the focal points of the contained
post-2015 Development Agenda adopted by world
leaders on Friday.
President Buhari said that the priority of his government
was to run a transparent and accountable public revenue
management system that would ensure a Leeds
development of Nigeria.
He noted that his administration was taking steps to
improve and streamline internal generation of revenue,
and to plug all loopholes that have led to illicit capital
flight from Nigeria, adding that his government was also
putting mechanisms in place to prevent oil theft and
other criminal practices that are detrimental to Nigeria’s
economy.
President Buhari however said that he was pleased that
world leaders had reaffirmed their commitment to
sustainable development, international peace and
security, and the protection of the planet.
“These are really the major issues of the day. For the
first time, we have at our disposal a framework that is
universal in scope and outlook, with clearly defined goals
and targets, and appropriately crafted methods of
implemen-tation.
“The Declaration that we have adopted today testifies to
the urgency and the necessity for action by all of us. It is
not for want of commitment that previous initiatives have
failed or could not be fully realized. What seemed to be
lacking in the past were political will and the required
global partners-hip to pursue and implement the
programmes to which we committed ourselves.
“This Declaration enjoys global consensus. We have
agreed to deliver as one and to leave no one behind.’’
This is a promise worth keeping. We have agreed to
create viable partnerships and to adopt the means of
implementation for the goals and targets of the global
sustainable development agenda in all its three
dimensions; namely economic, social and environmental.
“The Post-2015 Development Agenda and the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) together with the
Addis Ababa Action Agenda that we adopted in July
2015, offer us a unique opportunity to address the
unfinished business of the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs).
“They also provide the basis for a new set of global
development priorities to usher in a peaceful and
prosperous world, where no one is left behind, and where
the freedom from fear and want, and for everyone to live
in dignity, is enthroned,” President Buhari said.
Noting that illiteracy, hunger and diseases are
associated evils that go hand in hand with poverty, the
President urged the assembled world leaders to do
everything possible “to eliminate these ills from our
midst by 2030 as the Declaration loudly proclaims”.
“The bottom billion that has neither safety nets nor social
protection, need to be rescued from their perpetual state
of hopelessness, fear and indignity. This is a task that
should have been accomplished decades ago. Now that
it has fallen on our shoulders to discharge this
responsibility, we should do so with the enthusiasm and
commitment that is worthy of the cause.
“We must adopt targeted interventions at both policy and
practical levels, to address extreme poverty and combat
illiteracy, hunger and diseases. We must create viable
partnerships that bring together national, regional and
global actors with shared objectives to carry this
forward.
“We must also create the enabling environments for
executing this global agenda, by developing the relevant
frameworks for working with different types of partners
and constituencies that recognize the contributions of
civil society, religious and cultural bodies, private sector,
academia and most importantly, governments.
“Just as the relative success of the MDGs was
underpinned by national ownership, the Post-2015 and
the SDGs frameworks must also be guided by national
priorities and ownership. Domestic resource mobilization
supplemented by improved terms of trade between
industrial and developing economies should drive the
implementation processes in both streams. The
facilitation of remittances by migrant and overseas
workers, as well as efficient tax collection are needed as
complimentary sources of financing for development,”
the President said.
He said that Nigeria was proud to have availed her
services to the United Nations in co-chairing the
Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable
Development Financing, whose work contributed in no
small measure to the expansion of financing for
development strategies.
Also speaking on the strides Nigeria has recorded in the
elimination of HIV and prevention of mother to child
infection if the virus, president Buhari stated that the
country over 63 000 pregnant women were given access
to anti- retroviral therapy in 2014.
“For over 30 years, HIV as a public health challenge has
been causing havoc and untold hardship in virtually
every part of the world. To date, several million children
have been orphaned and some communities have been
devastated, while economic activities have been
disrupted.
“Unfortunately, Sub -Saharan Africa bears a
disproportionate burden of this epidemic. The good news
is that the effort of the global community has resulted in
greater control, less spread and better management.
“Furthermore, we have made significant progress
towards the interception of mother to child transmission
of HIV. In 2014 alone, over 3million pregnant women
were tested for HIV and 63,000 of these tested women,
accessed anti-retroviral therapy”, he said.
While pledging the support of Nigeria in arresting the
scourge, he urged the world to work towards ending the
menace of HIV and AIDs, Tuberculosis, Malaria and
other communicable diseases by the year 2030.
“Nigeria will continue to work with development partners
and key stakeholders to strengthen the means of
implementation of the SDGs as elaborated in the Post-
2015 Development Agenda. At the continental level,
Nigeria remains fully committed to the outcome of the
Abuja process as evident in the 2002 Declaration, the
Action Framework on Roll – Back Malaria. In addition,
the 2013 Abuja + 12 Declaration is a strong commitment
towards eliminating HIV and AIDs in Africa by 2030.
Globally, the United Nations Political Declaration on HIV
and AIDS of 2011 is a major reference point for
intensifying efforts to eliminate the epidemic.
“Nigeria appreciates the support of our development
partners for their support and commitment to the total
eradication of HIV/AIDs, Tuberculosis and Malaria as
well as other deadly communicable diseases, for
example Ebola, when an epidemic arises.
“I therefore encourage you to continue in your efforts to
sustain the fight against infant and maternal deaths, HIV
and AIDs, Tuberculosis, Malaria and other communicable
diseases, high on the global development agenda.
“Let us work together to make HIV and AIDs history by
2030”, the president said.
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How will aids disappear by 2030
with the way konji they control some people
as for the hunger own it will sound good on paper but in naija one person will chop the share of hundreds if not thousands....