Millennium Development Goals: Putting People First 1 Presented by Dr. Precious Kalamba Gbeneol B....

Millennium Development Goals: Putting People First 1

Presented by Dr. Precious Kalamba Gbeneol

B. Med. Sci. (Pharmacology), MBBS, MPH, FWACP, FMCFM,

Senior Special Assistant to the President on the MDGs

At the 2013 Annual Ministerial Review of the Economic and Social Council .

July, 2013.

Science, Technology, Innovation and Culture for Sustainable Development in Nigeria.


• Where are we on the MDGs?

• What are the innovations driving MDGs progress in Nigeria ?

• How have we harnessed the potential of science, technology

innovation and culture for socio-economic transformation?

• How have we mainstreamed sustainable development into national

development strategies?

• What are the emerging national challenges that need priority

attention from governments and other key stakeholders?

Outline


MDG 1: Eradicate Poverty and Extreme Hunger

2008 2011 2012 2015

23.10% 24.20%27.40%

17.85%

Prevalence of Underweight Children Under Five Years of

Age

Prevalence of underweight children under five years of age

1991 2012 20150.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

19.31%

8.26%9.66%

Proportion of the Population Suf-fering from Hunger


MDG 2: Universal Basic Education

2008 2011 2012 20150%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

64.30% 65.60% 66.00%

100.00%

Literacy Amongst 15 - 24 Year Old Women

2008 2011 2012 20150%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

62.10%70.10% 71.00%

100.00%

Net Attendance Ratio in Primary School


MDG 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women

1990 2008 2012 2015

7685.4

100 100

Ratio of Girls to 100 Boys in Primary School

#REF!

1990 2008 2012 2015

75 79.9

102 100

Ratio of Girls to 100 Boys in Secondary School

#REF!


MDG 4: Reduce Child Mortality

2008 2011 2012 20150

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180157 158

94

64

Under 5 Mortality Ratio (per 1,000 Live Births)

2008 2011 2012 20150

20

40

60

80

100

120

75

97

61

30

Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 Live Births)


MDG 5: Maternal Mortality

2008 2011 2012 20150%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

38.90%

48.70%53.60%

78.75%

Percentage of Births Attended by Skilled Health Personnel


MDG 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, & Other Diseases

2008 2012 20150%

20%40%60%80%

100%120%

5.50%34.60%

100.00%

Percentage of Children Under Five Sleeping Under ITN


MDG 7: Water & Sanitation

2008 2011 2012 20150%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

55.80% 58.50% 57.00%

77.00%

Percentage of population using improved drinking water

source, urban and rural (de jure population)

2008 2012 20150%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

31.20% 33.70%

69.50%

Percentage of Population Using Improved Sanitation Facility,

Urban and Rural (de jure Popu-lation)


MDG 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20110.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

16.0

18.0

Debt service as a percentage export of goods and services (2000 – 2011)

1990 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20110

10

20

30

40

50

60

Fixed Telephone lines per 100 population Cellular phone subscribers per 100 population

Telephone Lines (%)

1990 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20110.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0 Internet Users (%)


Key Drivers and BottlenecksWhat are the key drivers?• Improved policy environment• Improved economic

performance• Better collaboration among

actors• Adapting Science Technology

and Innovation (STI) to improve MDGs interventions

• The disbursement of the DRGs continues to play a critical role.

What are the key bottlenecks?• Unequal leadership commitment.• Weak involvement of

beneficiaries.• Cultural and behavioural

challenges• Climate change• Emerging security challenges


Debt Relief Gains Implementation (DRGs): Total Dollar Appropriation Across Time

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012$0

$100,000,000

$200,000,000

$300,000,000

$400,000,000

$500,000,000

$600,000,000

$700,000,000

$800,000,000

$900,000,000

$1,000,000,000

2006 - 2012 DRG Appropriation Totals in Dollars

Year

Total, (Dollars, Millions)

The implementation of the DRGs as additional funding to the traditional annual budget highlights Nigeria’s commitment to the MDGs framework with demonstrable impact at the grassroots.


MDGs/DRGs Capital Supplementation Appropriations Across 2006-2012: Line Chart

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120

5,000,000,000

10,000,000,000

15,000,000,000

20,000,000,000

25,000,000,000

30,000,000,000

35,000,000,000

40,000,000,000

45,000,000,000

50,000,000,000

Conditional Grants Scheme

Monitoring & Evalua-tion

Quick win

Communications

Special Presidential Interventions

MDGs Special Projects

Consultancies and Short-term surveys

Support to UNDP Mil-lennium Campaign


MDGs/DRGs Appropriations to MDAsAcross 2006-2012: Line Chart

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120

5,000,000,000

10,000,000,000

15,000,000,000

20,000,000,000

25,000,000,000

30,000,000,000Education

Health

Youth Development

Women Affairs

Agriculture

Water Resources

Social Safety Nets

Lands, Housing & Urban Development

Environment

Power

Works

FCT

Defence

Police

Capacity Building

Science and Technology

Petroleum


Implementation of the Debt Relief Gains: Conditional Grants Scheme

In addition to the impact generated from the CCT scheme, some examples from the CGS are revealing:

1. More than 2,844 primary health care facilities were rehabilitated or constructed

2. 6,673 health workers trained3. More than 74,000 primary school teachers

recruited4. Over 2.4 million insecticide-treated nets

(ITNs) provided5. 3,524 small town boreholes with solar-

powered pumps6. 6,031 boreholes with hand pumps7. 393 small town water supply schemes

constructed8. 3,709 VIP toilets constructed9. 7,673 people trained on vocational skills.

• In 2011, around 26% of the population benefitted from the CGS.

• About 28.4 million people are benefiting from the investment in primary care through the CGS.

• Interventions in water and sanitation also benefits about 8.85 million people.

• At least 213,437 benefitted from the skills acquisition programmes.

• There is still room for substantial improvement in coverage, usage, access by the target groups and quality of facilities.


The CGS targets those with the greatest need. We deployed Science, Technology and Innovation to conduct the following in order to reach the most disadvantaged in society:

1. Poverty Mapping 2. Baseline Facility Inventory 3. Needs Assessment

• Findings of Needs Assessment reveal that $78 per capita per year is needed to attain the MDGs by 2015 in Education, Health, Agriculture and Water & Sanitation sectors.

Planning and Targeting of Investment


An Example of a Poverty Map


Ekiti South-West: Overview from Baseline


Location of Facilities in the LGA


Structure24 States – N10Bn (50% counterpart contribution from States) will go to extreme poor households with children 0-15 years & pregnant women.• 56,500 households receive N5,000 per month for 12 months.

They undergo agro-business training during the program and receive N100,000 at exit to aid in enterprise start-up.

• Science, Technology and Innovation deployed through e-payment and e-registration

Criteria for Selection Human Capacity Development Index broken down to state level, Needs Assessment, Baseline Facility Inventory and Poverty Mapping were used • Five poorest LGAs, five poorest wards in the LGAs with

the selections of the poorest households within the wards.

• Sim cards and mobile phones bought for all beneficiaries

Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) through e-registration and e-payment


Enhancing Citizen Engagement in Accelerating the Attainment of the MDGs in Nigeria

• OSSAP – MDGs in collaboration with UNDP, with support from the Democratic Governance Thematic Trust Fund (DGTTF), is implementing a project titled enhancing citizen engagement in accelerating attainment of the MDGs in Nigeria.

• It aims to strengthen and develop tools and mechanisms that would ensure communities’ voice is part of decision making

• Feedback is submitted from beneficiary communities on the performance of MDGs interventions across the country through SMS, Email, or a Web Form into a central database at www.mdgs.gov.ng/community

http://www.mdgs.gov.ng/community


1. Nigeria strengthened coordination through the Joint Planning Board, the National Economic Council and the National Economic Management Team

2. Establishment of an Excess Crude Oil Account (now replaced by the Sovereign Wealth Fund) and promulgating the Fiscal Responsibility Legislation to ensure transparency

3. Revamping the 23 Industrial Development Centres (IDCs)

4. Establishment of the National SMEs Credit Guarantee Scheme to facilitate easier access of SMEs to credit

5. Implementation of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme to make funds available for interventions in primary and early secondary school education

6. Free Basic Health programmes especially for Children less than 5 years and pregnant women by State Governments, OSSAP-MDGs and other partners

7. Liberalization of the telecommunication sector, etc.

Other policy and institutional innovations driving progress on the Internationally Agreed Development Goals (IADGs)


Science Technology and Innovation for socio-economic transformation

•Nigeria had its first National Science and Technology (S&T) Policy in 1986 while the current policy commenced in 2012.

•The institutional framework for planning and managing Science, Technology and Innovation in Nigeria is coordinated by The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology (FMST).

•The establishment of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) in November 2001 has contributed to socio-economic transformation in a number of ways.

•The National Agency for Science & Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has aided socioeconomic transformation.


In June 1999, Federal Ministry of Culture and Tourism established:

• The Ministry built 12 Cultural Industrial Centres in the six geo-political zones. The centres provide physical infrastructure to enable cultural activities thrive and serve as a one-stop shop for cultural goods and services.

• The country has a movie industry worth $500 million, creating some 200 videos for the home video market every month. The products from Nollywood have become a major source of export to various parts of the world.

• Government recently began disbursing grants to movie-makers to boost investment in Nollywood

Maximizing the Benefits of Culture and the Creative Sector


Nigeria witnessed an unprecedented flood that affected several states of the Federation in 2012.

• The flood seriously affected 14 states in terms of its intensity and impact.

• In these 14 states, 395,631 households in 116 out of 291 LGAs were severely affected.

Threat of Flooding in Nigeria


Interventions to Tackle the Threat of Flooding in Nigeria1. Immediate evacuation of the

affected population away from the flooded areas.

2. Relocation of the affected population in temporary shelters/accommodation including relocation of pupils to other schools.

3. Development of a consolidated Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) register

4. Provision of food and non-food items, medical and other humanitarian assistance.

5. Repair of roads to link cut-off towns/settlements.

6. The Federal Government in collaboration with development partners carried out the national

2012 Flood Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA). 7. The Federal Ministry of Environment with support from development partners like the UNDP developed the flood early warning system and tools to forecast occurrence of flood five days in advance in about 600 communities.8. The National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) in collaboration with UNDP has developed the draft Action Plan on Disaster Risk Reduction as well as identification and monitoring of risks.


Specific policies and action plans to address environmental challenges that have been put in place include:

1. National Policy on Drought and Desertification; 2. Drought Preparedness Plan; 3. National Policy on Erosion, Flood Control and Coastal Zone

Management;4. National Environmental Sanitation Policy and Action Plan; 5. National Policy Guidelines on Solid Waste Management, Market

and Abattoir Sanitation, Excreta and Sewage Management, Sanitary Inspection Premises and Pests and Vector Control;

6. National Forest Policy; 7. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan; 8. National Healthcare Waste Management Policy/Action Plan and

Guidelines.

Tackling Environmental Challenges in Nigeria


• The Federal Republic of Nigeria is committed to the realization of the MDGs and other Internationally Agreed Development Goals.

• Nigeria’s Vision 20:2020 aims at optimizing the country’s human and natural resources to achieve rapid, sustained economic growth, translating such growth into inclusive, equitable and sustainable development for Nigerians.

• Going forward, Government is committed to an STI-based development framework which delivers the needed critical socio-economic transformation to all without leaving anyone behind.

Conclusion


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