SDGs to improve human dev index in Nigeria – SSA

Human development index in Nigeria is to receive a boost with the Conditional Grant Scheme (CGS) under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Senior Special Assistant to the President, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope Adefulire has said.

Under the initiative, Kware, Wurno, Kebbe, Rabah, Isa and Shagari local government areas in Sokoto State are to benefit from projects worth N1.2 billion in education, healthcare, water supply and agriculture.

Speaking at the flagoff of distribution of materials, drugs and motorcycles under SDG/ CGS local government track project in Sokoto, Mrs. Adefulire, represented by Adesegun Ogunleye, said the programme was introduced to improve human development index in Nigeria.

In his remarks, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal said the projects would be jointly financed by the federal, state and local governments in the ratio 50:30:20 respectively.

He said N200 million would be expended in each of the six LGs, adding that out of the N1.2 billion, over N414 million was earmarked for education activities in the state while N105.4 million would be expended through the provision of essential drugs and construction and renovation of primary health centres in the state.

The governor said N30 million would be distributed as grant to agric cooperative societies. “One million naira will be given to each of the five cooperative societies in each of the benefiting LGAs.”

He added under the water projects, motorized and solar boreholes would be constructed across the six benefiting local government areas.