Approach to effective management of sustainable development in Nigeria

Abstract

Over the years Millennium Development Goals has been a global issue. The United Nations (UN) recently
changed the Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals and this singular act declares the current
exigency of the growing phenomena of sustainable development at the Global and National Strata. Nigeria is a prominent
signatory to the UN and its agenda/progammes and has to key in well into this new order by providing sustainable
development to its citizens. However, achieving sustainable development which is a continuous process, particularly
in Nigeria requires proper planning and coordination and therefore demands effective management of sustainable
development in Nigeria. Using the methodology of library research and descriptive writing, it operationalizes the concept
of 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 identifies some
key 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 effective
planning organizing, coordinating and controlling (management) of the sustainable development process, particularly by
ensuring that the nations scarce resources like minerals and the environment are under controlled utilization/preservation
to the utmost benefit of the present and future Nigeria.