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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STAND UP AFRICANS

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Have you ever been in a situation where you think you are feeling cheated or you don't get enough or you are tired of your current state of being?


Let's take a look at a short story of a boy:

There was a small town that practices the monarchy system of government (1800s). Most of the things they use most are unkept which has lead to an outbreak of diseases. Most of the diseases are airborne and waterborne diseases that are highly dangerous to the health of every villager.

The king of the village was baffled at the huge outbreak of diseases in the village. Virtually, every day they lose close to 10 villagers.

There was a boy in that village. The boy has witnessed the death of many people due to the outbreak of the disease.

The boy woke up on a very good morning. Thinking about how he could stop the outbreak of the diseases. Then he took it up as a responsibility to put an end to the outbreak.

He embark on a small journey to find a cure to the disease and to put a stop to the high rate of death in his village.

The most amazing fact is that he did. He came up with a formula due to the combination of some roots and leaves although he failed at first but then he still came up with a sustainable formula that could cure any form of disease.


From the story, we could identify a sense of responsibility, which is highly vital to every individual who is hungry for a change.

Considering all facts: what is responsibility?

1. The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone.

2. The opportunity or ability to act independently and take decisions without authorization.


Let's break it down to a simpler level;

• DUTY to deal with something.

• ABILITY to act INDEPENDENTLY and take decisions without AUTHORIZATION.


Responsibility also means owning up to the situation. It means taking charge of a problem/ situation.


Have you noticed a major problem in your society?

Are you afraid of failing?

Do you think you are not capable enough to change the situation?


One of the major problems Africa is facing is that we lack responsible leaders that own up to their actions and decision. All we do is complain about the situation.

Why don't you act like the boy that went out of his way to look for a cure to a major disease in his village?

Are you waiting for the perfect time?

Ooh, there is no perfect time. The only perfect time is NOW.


If you want to be a game-changer, you have to cultivate two major attribute;

- Responsibility.

- Persistence.

If you think you can do without these attributes then, I don't know how you tend to change Africa.

"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today" Abraham Lincoln


Anticipate! our next blog post: The state of Mind


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