By Temitope Musowo
The ancient city of Ibadan yesterday stood still for the Development Practice Students (DPP) of the Center for Sustainable Development (CESDEV), University of Ibadan, Nigeria, who embarked on a rally round the city to educate the public about the Sustainable Development Goals.
Marking the 2017 edition of the annual Sustainability Week,yesterday's rally was one of the activities lined up for the week,an opportunity to educate,intimate and keep the people abreast of their roles in the achievement of this vision 2030.
The program which is slated to hold between 11th to 15th of December,took off with a rally which started from the Center for Sustainable Development (CESDEV) along Awolowo Avenue through Sango Market down to the main gate of the University of Ibadan, along Ojoo road,back to Bodija Market,round the city and later terminated at the center (CESDEV).
With strong passion and resolve to ensure that people are educated about these Goals,the DPP students in the company of the Director of the Center, Prof. Olanrewaju Olaniyan and the Coordinator of the DPP program, Dr. olawale Olayide,with some members of Sustainable Development Solution Network-Youth UI (SDSN-YOUTH UI) all in a branded T-Shirt defiled the scourging sun to go round the city.
Fully prepared for this outing, provisions were made for Vans with music player to attract attention of the public, Ambulance in case of any eventuality, Security Van and other vehicles in a convoy ,with flyers containing information about the SDGs already translated into local language which were distributed to the members of the public.
One of the DPP students who spoke with Devcom Nigeria said the reason they were doing that was because findings have shown that one of the reasons why no African country was able to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) then was because of low level of awareness about the vision by members of the public who should be major drivers in its achievement and now that the SDGs provide another opportunity,the awareness have to be total.
The Sustainability Week continues with othe activities for the rest of the week like ; SDGs Advocacy to Secondary Schools, A 1-day workshop on SDGs and lots more.
You can be a part of the events by joining them on the Social Media; follow @dppui2017 @cesdevui
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