The president, who made the call in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, yesterday at the just concluded 22nd Ordinary Summit of the African Union (AU), said statistics had shown improvement in the realisation of the MDGs in Nigeria.
He said the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) had acknowledged that Nigeria had halved the proportion of those suffering from hunger way ahead of the 2015 deadline for the termination of the present life of the MDGs.
Jonathan said there is continual fall in the HIV prevalence rate of Nigeria as the government is, in collaboration with stakeholders, mobilising necessary attention to focus on “the goals lagging behind”.
“African leaders voiced the need to ensure that the unfinished business of the MDGs is carried into the MDGs successor agenda. There is need for us to remain focused and vigilant to ensure that decisions on what forms the new framework is all inclusive, reflecting the wishes of developing countries,” the president said.
He said Nigeria affirms the African Common Position on the Post-2015 Development Agenda as set out in the African Union policy document of March 2013.
Jonathan said the document among other things promotes education, universal and equitable access to quality healthcare, gender equality, human capital development, disaster risk reduction, poverty eradication, shelter provision, water resources management as well as harnessing the potentials of Africa’s growing population.
