INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs) IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The government needs to harnessing innovative finance. The government budgets maybe insufficient to finance the infrastructures, therefore, finding new ways to tap into global capital markets, encourage more private sector investment in the sector and establishing public private partnership to ensure flow of finance to execute capital infrastructure. Managing infrastructure and recognizing its importance must be adopted in all sector of the economy. This is because infrastructure assets may need to be in place for time period for present and future asset. Implementation of the institutionalization measures to combat corruption to improve transparency. This is because corruption is one of the biggest sustainable development obstacles. In addition to ensuring that everyone has access to basic needs, governments must ensure that women and people with disabilities have equal access to productive resources such as grants, education and training, and employment opportunities. Educating young unemployed Nigerians, women, and persons with disabilities, and providing free education and healthcare, are keys to improving the educational and healthcare systems in Nigeria. The government must address the wide spread insecurity in the country to sstrengthening subsistence and small-scale Agriculture and pave wave for economic growth and development