ASSESSING THE ROLE OF FUNDING AND INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES IN ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL ONE IN SELECTED KOGI STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Ajayi Olajide , Ruth Luka Caleb, PhD and Abdullahi Mohammed Abdul, PhD
Volume 12 Issue 1

Abstract

The SDGs programme implementation has elaborate institutional and financial structures that guarantee community engagement, monitoring and evaluation. The Local Government Areas in Kogi State under study have adopted the Medium Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF) where they incorporate the eradication of poverty and hunger through enhanced food security, poverty reduction and income generation and have also, mainstreamed in their budget SDGs programmes. Equally, the monitoring and evaluation mechanism and the reporting system for SDGs in Kabba-Bunu and Ajaokuta LGAs, Kogi State are the same, in line with the National Implementation Guideline. However, despite these elaborate implementation strategies and structures put in place for the attainment of the SDGs, 1in Kogi State, statistics are showing that the LGAs have a long way to go in eradicating poverty and hunger. Although, it is too early to assess the a programme that is barely 10 years, however, records revealed that the agricultural production of Kogi State has dropped by 52% in 2020 due to the activities of arm bandits and kidnappers. More so, statistics have shown that over 1 million people in Kogi State are in need of food assistance the survey research design was adopted for the work where data were collected through both primary and secondary sources such as interviews, questionnaires and observations. The Bottom-up Development theory was adopted. The study found among others that there is a very wide disparity between the two LGAs in Kogi State in favour of urban areas. it was also observed that the funds for the SDGs are inadequate considering the infrastructural deficits in the two LGAs under study and the release of funds is often untimely and there are cumbersome bureaucratic bottlenecks in accessing the SDGs funds. The study therefore recommends that the wide disparity that existed between Urban and rural LGAs should be bridged and all hands should be on deck to ensure that the implementation of the SDGs is even. Keywords: Funding, Institutional Structures, Sustainable Development Goal

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