Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI) is joining forces towards ensuring critical areas in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are achieved.
It is obvious that the COVID-19 pandemic has created a huge negative impact on the lives of people globally hence making it difficult for quick recovery.
This is evident in this year’s theme in the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly started already Tuesday, 13 September 2022: “A watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges” where it acknowledges the impact of crises of the pandemic, climate change and conflict around the world with a focus on seeking solutions that build global sustainability and resilience against it.
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BBYDI Executive Director, Mr Olasupo Abideen at the FLIPTHESCRIPT/ACT4SDGs event to mark the 2022 Global Week Of Action urged world leaders to take drastic actions in ensuring the restoration of peace, climate and justice.
“We call on your support for an immediate end to the war in Ukraine – a ceasefire and a withdrawal of Russian forces, and the phased removal of all sanctions according to an agreed timeline.
We further call for a global commitment from states to reduce military expenditures and to shift these funds to address the shortfall in financing for the achievement of Agenda 2030 commitments, such as on social protection and clean energy,” it stated.
On Climate, BBYDI is asking world leaders to “Deliver on your Paris Agreement goal to limit mean global temperature rise to 1.5C.
Protect the ecosystems on which all life depends by strengthening your commitment to international environmental law and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030.
“Put in place a ‘Vaccines for all global roadmap’, donor countries must agree to finalise a temporary waiver of intellectual property protections on all Covid-19 technologies in 2022.
We further call on you to ensure universal social protection for all including provision of free universal healthcare to ensure everyone on earth has access to free, public, high quality health care across their life course.
“Keep your promises to finance a more just and sustainable future with clear commitments to 0.7% of GDP for development cooperation including at least $50 billion/year for health and social protection
Deliver extensive debt cancellations and create a sovereign debt workout mechanism at the UN; increase access to capital for low- and middle-income countries by re-allocating new Special Drawing Rights.
“Ensure everyone contributes by taxing companies and individuals fairly with progressive tax systems and ending illicit financial flows and tax evasion.
Target financial support to reach those who most need it, by prioritising funds for women, disadvantaged minorities, young people, persons with disabilities, older persons, migrants and other most affected groups.”
At Brain Builders Youth Development Initiatives, they’ve been in forefront in ensuring that the SDGs by 2030 is achieved.
To this, BBYDI had collaborated with the University of Ilorin to celebrate the 100 days of SDGs, a vital stakeholder engagement that nurtured hundreds of new SDG advocates.
“To ensure that we do not leave anyone behind, we translated the SDGs into local languages and partnered with traditional and religious leaders using town hall meetings on the SDGs to spread the purpose of the goals and the roles that everyone has to play. To corroborate these efforts, we hosted programmes on indigenous radio stations to spread awareness further.
We also appointed state coordinators and campus ambassadors who volunteered to lead various initiatives focused on localizing the goals. We participated in critical stakeholder meetings on the achievement of the global goals at national, regional and international levels. We have published data-driven issue briefs, fact-sheet, and policy statements to highlight the critical actions needed to achieve Agenda 2030.
Despite the remarkable efforts by all our volunteers, we have also realized that there is still a lot more to be done. Hence, we kicked off our activities to mark the United Nations General Assembly 2022 and Global Week of Action with a radio programme to discuss the goals and actions to be taken.
This morning, we had a walk to Oja Oba market and conducted a #FliptheScript stunt to raise awareness in the market. We also had a vox-pop citizen engagement where we asked citizens about their expectations for the Global Goals,”, it noted.
Furthermore, the organisation on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 will have a Peoples Assembly featuring Delegates from the 36 states of the Federation and Six Geo-Political Zones, representatives of private sectors, religious and traditional institutions, marginalised groups, women and youths, academicians, policymakers, Civil Society organisations and Artiste.
The event is aimed at developing a comprehensive document containing recommendations from different sectors of society to help stakeholders identify the next lines of action even as the 8th year of the SDGs approaches.
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