Abstract: This paper considered the impact advocacy will have on Nigeria’s drive to sustainable development. It was highlighted that the term ‘sustainable development’ began to gain popularity, when it became increasingly fashionable to use it as a way of responding to global environmental concerns, biophysical issues, fairness, equity and distribution. The paper adopted the secondary sources of data collection and analysis to reveal that with a view to revamping the economy and ensure sustainable development, the Nigerian State has initiated several policies and programmes and that like any developing nation, Nigeria faces some challenges in its development stride and efforts to improve the quality of life of its citizens. The critical economic, political and security issues facing the Nigerian State requires the need to foster advocacy that will lead to sustainable rapid economic growth and cater for the needs of its large population and the imperative for proper integration of its domestic economy into the world economy in the face of increasing globalisation. The paper, thus, recommended that to improve the social status of Nigerians and ensure sustainable development, social policies and programmes that will address existing social inequity and concerns, including economic liberalisation and globalisation have to be pursued vigorously through advocacy.
Keywords: Advocacy, Development, Sustainable Development, Nigeria.
Title: ADVOCACY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
Author: John-Adegbesan, Ekwi, Wonah, Emmanuel
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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