FG Budgets $100 Billion for MDGs, Says Yar'Adua's Aide.

Byline: Gbenga Olarinoye

The Presidential Assistant to the President on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Hajia Aminat Ibrahim, says the Federal Government has committed $100 billion to the realisation of the goals to be achieved by 2015 in the country.

Hajia Ibrahim, who disclosed this while speaking in Osogbo, yesterday, noted that the money would be expended on the eight MDGs' targets. These goals, she said, responded to the world's main development challenges that threaten human existence and survival.

She also noted that "the MDGs are drawn from the actions and targets contained in the Millennium Declaration adopted by 189 nations and signed …