Meeting the Challenges of the Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria: Problems, Possibilities and Prospects

With barely four years to the expiration of the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Nigeria has done very badly in achieving the MDGs even with the introduction of the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategies (NEEDS) at the federal, state and local government levels. This paper which is a documentary review takes a look at the challenges of implementing MDGs in Nigeria with a view to proffering cogent and practicable recommendations to making the programme work. After several years of trying to implement MDGs, Nigeria is struggling with Goal No. 1. It is recommended that sincere commitment should be given to agriculture and when this is done, it will sufficiently address Goal No. 1 and by extension go along way in helping to achieving MDGs Goal 2 to 8