Director’s Statement
Director’s Statement
The Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) and the succeeding Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by United Nations as a universal call to action to World Governments to pay special attention to policies that seek to meet human needs for security, health, education, work, general welling and the environment. These target goals coupled with the efforts of some international organisations like the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) UNICEF that have conventionally focused on social policy issues relating to the wellbeing of the less privledged members of the society like children, women and other vulnerable groups, have continued to promote emphasis on social policies by governments.
Brief History
In 2018, the University of Nigeria (UNN) signed a partnership agreement with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF). The partnership was then anchored in the Department of Public Administration and Local Government and Professor Chikelue Ofuebe, the then Head of Department, was appointed the Director of UNICEF-supported programmes and projects. One of the core components of UNICEF-supported programmes in UNN is Social Policy. Social Policy programme provides cross-cutting support at federal and state levels for social protection, research and evidence generation on child poverty, support for public investment in children, and decentralization. To this end, UNICEF collaborates with the academia to generate evidence-based knowledge that continues to inform policy dialogues, advocacy efforts, as well as programme redesign, planning and implementation.
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