Oyetola Calls For Synergy Between Government/Corporate Organisations For SDG
Osun state Governor, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, has called on government at all levels to partner with corporate organisations for the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals come 2030.
Speaking at Osun state University, Osogbo, during the official launch and international symposium on Global Affairs and Sustainable Development Institute, Oyetola, who was represented by the Secretary to the state government, Prince Wole Oyebamiji, also called on other universities to join the universal agenda.
“For the nation to live up to expectations, it must produce a workable road map for this universal initiative, must have political will, design and implement a local strategic plan, fix economy and improve on the ongoing anti-corruption war as a platform for achieving these goals.
“Achieving the core aspects of SMDGs – poverty reduction, education, health and environmental issues – has been a herculean challenge to developing nations, including Nigeria. Oyetola noted.
Speaking on ‘Third World’ Approaches to the Globalization of Sustainable Development, the keynote speaker, Obijiofor Aginam, Deputy-Director and Head of Governance for Global Health, said “The world of the 21st century, although driven by the phenomenon of globalization, remains heterogeneous and multicultural.
“Global multiculturalism requires that various cultures compare notes in order to evolve a holistic policy framework, governance architecture, and sustained responses to sustainability.
“In a multicultural world polarized by divergent social determinants of health and sustainability, the challenge of reconciling the ‘tensions’ in approaches to sustainability across divergent cultures and societies should be moved from the periphery to the core of the globalization debate.
The world’s diverse ecological cultures must be harnessed in search of an inclusive environmental globalism. In all of this, it is important to recall that we live in a “global policy universe”,
In his welcome address, the Vice Chancellor, Prof Labode Popoola, opined that those in academia are not doing well in providing the needed leadership, the needed research data and the needed knowledge base to address the issue bordering on achievement of sustainability.
“The SDGs underline the importance of an integrated approach to economic, social and environmental challenges. Evidence suggests that we ignore the inter-linkages among economic, social and environmental factors in our development trajectory, and this is at our peril.
“Lack of employment, poor access to education, and deteriorating environmental conditions affect economic growth negatively”. Popoola posited.
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