Reps panel head bemoans the state of 20 million uneducated children

Wale Raji, the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has expressed regret for the situation facing the nation's 20 million or more unschooled children.

  

Speaking at the panel's inaugural event in Abuja, he emphasized how far behind the nation was in implementing the SDGs, which were started by the UN.

  

Among the 17 SDG targets that the nation has not done enough to fulfill were open defecation, hunger, a lack of access to drinkable water, and the incapacity of the authorities to end poverty, according to the congressman from Lagos State.

  

Declaring that he had communicated with the Government of the Federation (SG) Office of the Secretary, Raji gave the 47-member panel the task of proposing proposals for legislative intervention to support the SDGs' realization.  He said that a plan had been reached to host a retreat where participants would learn about attaining the SDGs.