WILBERFORCE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES (WJSS)
ISSN: 2504 – 9232
Volume 2, No. 2, September 2017
Pages 1-15
DOI: 10.36108/wjss/7102.20.0210
PATHWAY TO POST-2015 NIGERIA’S DEVELOPMENT: SIDESTEPPING THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND THEIR MAJOR CREATORS
ALFRED CHARLES
Abstract
This paper examined the centripetal and centrifugal forces surrounding the politics of MDGs and Nigeria’s post-2015 development trajectory. The paper interrogated the development trajectory of African countries within the context of core-periphery relations and concludes that the MDGs cannot promote African development. Consequently, it posits that post-2015 development agenda for the poor nations of Africa must be guided by the jettisoning of the International Community and their policies such as the MDGs and the current SDGs.
Keywords MDGs, Nigeria, development planning, dependency theory, Africa