Senate pledges to tackle poverty

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Nigerian-Senate

The Senate Committee on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has pledged commitment to tackling poverty and other goals under the programme.

The Chairman of the committee, Sen. Atai Aidoko, made the pledge in an interactive meeting with the United Nations Representatives on Monday in Abuja.

He said that the Senate constituted the committee because of the importance it attached to SDGs, adding that the committee was determined to work with relevant stakeholders to critically look at objectives of the goals.

Aidoko said that the committee would continue to interface with stakeholders to ensure that Nigeria reached the 2030 target of the SDGs.

He said that the 17 goals of the programme, which included poverty eradication, climate change, gender equality, education, good health, and peace and justice, were critical to national development.

“The United Nations…

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