Consequent
to the summit held in New York by the world leaders in September 2000.
Participating countries are expected to develop policies, strategies and
program that will facilitate the achievement of millennium development goals.
This, led to the creation of MDGS affairs in different countries leaded by
senior special assistant to the president on MDGS (SSAP-MDGS). Since then, it
is commonly known at the MDGS office, subsequently, other offices were opened
in all 36 states and they have been operating on projects and program down the
ladder to local government.
The
MDGS office functions as sectariat to the presidential committee, which guides
the nation towards the achievement of MDGS. The structure of the presidential
committee consist of; The president, vice president, sectary to the government,
head of civil sources, representatives from ministries and agencies, six
governors, one member each from upper and lower house of assembly, private
sector, civil society, international partners; SSAP MDGs and special adviser to
the president on project and programs.
In the quest towards achieving
Millennium Development Goals by government; victual poverty fund (VPF) was
established to house debt relief gains. In the year 2007, two innovative
mechanisms for achieving the MDGs were put in place. First, conditional grant
scheme (CGS), to states and subsequently to local government to execute
projects and programs. Second, was social safety net scheme which provide cash
or in kind transfer to the poorest in the society. Since the MDGs office has been
coming up with one scheme or the other to galvanize effort to achieve the MDGs
by 2015.