8 Years Not Enough To Develop A Nation – AUDA-NEPAD

The African Union Development Agency -New Partnership For Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) has said eight years is not enough to develop a nation, noting that sustainable development is a process that needs enough time to be actualised.

Chief executive officer of the AUDA – NEPAD, Princess Gloria Akobundu who spoke while receiving a delegation of the APC national integrity movement in Abuja, likened sustainable development to the growth of a child which passes through infancy to adolescence to adulthood.

She said in the process of national development, AUDA-NEPAD Nigeria had embarked on a lot of community development projects that have revolutionised rural communities in Nigeria.

According to her, these projects have improved the standard of living of people in rural communities by providing access to basic social amenities.

“The Renewable Energy Project ‘Firewood to Gas’ project which is in line with Goal 7 of Agenda 2063 and Agenda 2030, aimed at promoting environmentally sustainable and climate resilient opportunities to rural Communities.

“The project made a tremendous impact on Nigerians considering the health, environmental and economic implications of over 30 million households and more than 10 million Nigerians depending on firewood as a source of energy for cooking.

“The Agency equally implemented a renewable energy project tagged ‘Light Up Community Project’ at local government; the project was executed under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in collaboration with Developmental Partners,” she said.