UNDP selects Delta as SDGs innovation hub for South-South

Amarakoon Bandara, senior economic adviser to United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), yesterday, explained that the UNDP chose Delta State as the innovation and acceleration hub for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the South-South owing to its commitment.

According to him, the state has sustained commitment towards the realisation of the SDGs.

Bandara, made the disclosure at a one-day stakeholders’ workshop organised by the directorate of SDGs, governor’s office, Asaba, and Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs in collaboration with UNDP.

He said that the state was far better than most states in the North East and the Middle Belt in terms of development of infrastructure, adding that the southern part of the country was also faring well in that regard