A Brief Perspective of the Sustainable Development Goals

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WRITTEN BY: Asanya Boluwatife Ndidi The unanimous agreement of the 193 member states of the United Nations General Assembly to the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development in 2015 produced one of the most ambitious and inclusive global aspirations in history. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. Targeted at committing members states to ensure greater inclusivity, end poverty and push the world to a more sustainable path. The SDGs are broad and interdependent thus begetting the question as to how well these broad global aspirations are likely to result in implementable developments especially in developing countries. The inclusion of so many goals without a hierarchy of priority and without reference to inherent contradictions that are likely to result in conflict between the goals may have unintended negative consequences which may inhibit the timely/e...
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Competence

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Competence




What is that ability or skill that you have?
What are the qualities that makes you different?
When we are talking about competence which is stated in Merriam-Webster dictionary as "the ability to do something well or well enough to meet a standard"
It is an ability to be competent, which is having the necessary skill.
For me I will say that "competence = excellence"
What makes a leader, a leader are his ability and qualities.
What qualities do you have?
Now let's take a look at "competence vs excellence"
Excellence develops when an individual recognizes his own adequacies and inadequacies, and is willing to grow by following, learning, and failing.
If “Failure is not an option!” – then the best you will get is competence.
If you must “prevent them from making mistakes” – then the best you will get is competence.
In Africa the mistake make is that "we don't want to fail". We want everything to workout exactly the we expected it to be. We can't grow if we don't learn how to fail and learning from failure is what leads to competence.
"Failure gives alternative to grow"
First you achieve your competence. Use your talent and believe in yourselves. Things will happen. But you have to believe that nothing is impossible,” said Silva to a group of training partners later in the clip. “Nobody is here only to be a sparring partner. You are not here to be anybody’s punching bag. We are here to help each other.
Without you I would not be champion. And with me you will get farther than without me. So we’re here for each other
Anderson Silva
These was Anderson Silva speech to his teammate. Anderson Silva was a football player during his time.  
Untile Africa apply what Anderson Silva said to his teammates, then Africa can change.
We don't want people who make complains and not taking necessary actions, we need people who are competent enough to take action.
Africa need problem solvers and not solution seekers
The only thing that will set us apart is an ability of being competent.

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