SDG’s to be implemented in 8NDP

By Patricia Banda

Government is optimistic that the country will be able to implement Sustainable Development Goals -SDG’s- in the 8th National Development Plan that is expected to be launched this year.

Acting Secretary to the Cabinet PATRICK KANGWA says Zambia only managed to achieve 86-percent of SDG’s in the 7th National Development Plan that ended in 2021.

He notes that implementation of the goals was hampered by the COVID-19 outbreak and effects of climate change that reversed the gains.

Mr. KANGWA was speaking in Lusaka today during the opening of a two day SDGs training workshop for parliamentarians in a speech read for him by Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet OLIVER KALABO.

The Workshop was organized by the Centre for sustainable Development plan working with the Ministry of Finance.

And Acting Clerk of the National Assembly ROY NGULUBE said the National Assembly recognizes the benefits of the SDGs on the population.

Meanwhile, board Member and President of UN sustainable development Solutions Network JEFFREY SACHS in a virtual address said Zambia needs investment in Health, Education, access to clean water and electricity among others if it is to achieve the SDG’s by 2030.

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