iarjtbmIARJTBMIARJTBM2789-6021https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjtbm.2021.v01i01.001The Millennium Development Goals and Implementation Challenges in Nigeria: Lessons for Implementation of Sustainable Development GoalsAnthonyLeticiaDepartment Of Political And Administrative Studies Faculty Of Social Sciences University Of Port-HarcourtIn September 2000, leaders of 189 countries gathered at the United Nations headquarters and signed the historic Millennium Declaration, in which they committed to achieving a set of eight measurable goals that range from halving extreme poverty and hunger to promoting gender equality and reducing child mortality, by the target date of 2015. This paper intends to unveil some of the challenges encountered in the smooth implementation of the Millennium Development Goals particularly in Nigeria. Data was basically drawn from secondary sources. It is the view of this work that, unless drastic steps are taken to address the implementation challenges of the MDGs in Nigeria, the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) may suffer the same date. It is on the forgone premise that this work recommends concerted political will in the implementation of such programs.