Implementation of Millennium Development Goals (MDGS) and National Security in Nigeria: A Strategic Thinking

In the year 2000, Nigeria joined the 189 member states at the United Nations Millennium Summit to set the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), which were related to various aspects of development targeted for realization in year 2015. This paper is a strategic thought on the implications the implementation of the goals holds out for national security in Nigeria. The paper, which is based on the study of literature, reveals that genuine commitment to the implementation of the goals is strategically related to effective national security. However, in Nigeria the progressthat thus far has been made in the implementation of the goals is yet inadequate to guarantee effective national security