Abstract:
This research work was primarily designed to finds out the implication in Nigeria on the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 as was the target set by the United Nation General Assembly in September, 2000. The study adopted analytical research design in assessing the performance of Nigeria in the attainment of the eight goals set globally by the United Nations starting from the year 2000 to 2009. It was based on data collected on the recorded performance or achievements or failures in the eight goals set that formed the basis for airing at decisions and conclusions of the research. Based on this approach, therefore, it was discovered that (i) Progress towards achieving goal he is currently slow (ii) Progress towards achieving goal two is varied; while some indicators are improving rapidly, others walk slowly; for goal three, the progress is improving moderately while it is unlikely that Nigeria will achieve goals four and five by 2015. The supportive environment is fair in comparing the spread of HIV, Malaria and other diseases in goal six which there is insufficient data to determine whether Nigeria will achieve the seventh goal by 2015. For goal eight, it was observed that the current level of partnership between the federal government and international Agencies is minimal while private sector investment and other activities are almost non-existent. Based on the foregoing, it was then recommended that among others that there is the need for improved market access and promotion of trade to book national production and experts, provisions of infrastructural facilities, provision of skill acquisition centers, portable water to prevents water borne diseases, scaling up of the UNICEF training activities to all the LGAs among others conclusively, there exist great potentials in Nigeria to achieve some of the development goals with a proviso that the spate of activities in the respective pectors or areas are not relaxed and genuine efforts made to tackle some existing inadequacies pointed out in the body of the research.
