Approach to e ective management of sustainable development in Nigeria

Anyanwu Ignatius Uzoma
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Anyanwu Ignatius Uzoma: Department of Urban And Regional Planning, Abia State Polytechnic Aba, Nigeria

International Journal of Business and Economic Affairs (IJBEA), 2017, vol. 2, issue 6, 346-355

Abstract: Over the years Millennium Development Goals has been a global issue. The United Nations (UN) recentlychanged the Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals and this singular act declares the currentexigency of the growing phenomena of sustainable development at the Global and National Strata. Nigeria is a prominentsignatory to the UN and its agenda/progammes and has to key in well into this new order by providing sustainabledevelopment to its citizens. However, achieving sustainable development which is a continuous process, particularlyin Nigeria requires proper planning and coordination and therefore demands e ective management of sustainabledevelopment in Nigeria. Using the methodology of library research and descriptive writing, it operationalizes the conceptof development, sustainable development and management; highlights issues of poor economy/poverty; bad governance,corruption, insurgency and terrorism, etc. as obstacles to sustainable development in the country. It also identi es somekey area of sustainable development for Nigeria such as agriculture, education, energy, atmosphere and climate change(environment) biotechnology and capacity building etc. The paper recommends among other, the conscious and e ectiveplanning organizing, coordinating and controlling (management) of the sustainable development process, particularly byensuring that the nations scarce resources like minerals and the environment are under controlled utilization/preservationto the utmost bene t of the present and future Nigeria.

Keywords: Management; Development; Environmental and sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.24088/IJBEA-2017-26004

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