Nigeria: UN Sets Target for Poverty Eradication

7 November 2012

The Special Adviser to the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), Mr. Ban Ki Moon, on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Prof. Jeffrey Sachs has said that the body is targeting the eradication of extreme in Nigeria and across parts of Africa by 2030.

Sachs, who led a delegation of UN officials on behalf of the Secretary General, made the disclosure when he appeared before the Senate Committee on MDGs to unveil strategies in tackling poverty in developing nations, said that the commitment of the United Nations towards ensuring the eradication of poverty by 2030 was in line with its vision of "achieving environmental sustainability."

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