On 1st July, 2024 Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, the Senior Special Assistant on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu while speaking during an advocacy and sensitization campaign in Kano and Ondo States, revealed that sixty-three percent of the good people of the country were still multi-dimensionally poor, and sixty-five percent of poor people live in the Northern parts of the country while thirty-five percent live in the Southern parts of the country.
According to Vanguard, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, the Senior Special Assistant on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to the President of Nigeria, Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu said "Therefore, it’s imperative for all stakeholders, particularly state and local governments, to accelerate progress. Nigeria is committed to achieving the SDGs, but we’re faced with issues such as the Triple C Crisis – COVID, Climate Change, and Conflicts, which have put implementation off-track globally. Only 15% of SDGs targets are on track as of 2023. In Nigeria, 63% or 133 million people are still multi-dimensionally poor, with poverty levels varying significantly across states and geopolitical zones. Multidimensional poverty is higher in rural areas, and 65% of poor people live in the north, while 35% live in the south."
Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire added that the administration of the President of Nigeria, Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu had demonstrated a strong commitment to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and they need sub-national Governments to match these efforts. She also added that the SDGs require a whole-of-society approach and clearly could not be achieved with stand-alone policies and projects, and they must be carefully integrated into national and sub-national policies and development plans.