The ancient and mystical order of the Rosicrucian Order (AMORC), has identified some critical factors that are indices for achieving sustainable national development in Nigeria.

This comes at a time when the country, with an estimated population of 203 million people, led by Muhammed Buhari, is facing serious difficulties.

About 80% of the estimated population lives below the poverty line.

Speaking at the public conference organized by AMORC’s Lagos area and held over the weekend at the Memphis Lodge facility in Ikorodu, Lagos, Johnson Ikube, Executive Director of Online Services, identified the factors as: lack of poverty and hunger, good health and well-being, quality education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation.

He mentioned others such as: affordable and clean energy, decent work and economic growth, industry, innovation and infrastructure, reduction of inequalities, sustainable development goals to be achieved by 2030, sustainable cities and communities, responsible production and consumption, and peace, justice and strong institutions, among others.

Ikube, also the great councilor of Ghana for fraternal organizations, in his lecture said that for individuals, groups, societies, nations, etc., to achieve sustainable national development is the ability of an individual, group or improve the social welfare of the people, providing social services such as quality education, drinking water, transportation, infrastructure, health care, etc.

He further explained that the United Nations Decade Report defines the achievement of sustainable national development as “more growth, change in the social and cultural, as well as economic and qualitative and quantitative well-being of the people or the nation.”

His words: “Some of the parameters for national development are: increase in the national economy, increase in agricultural production through the application of modern technical knowledge, exploitation of industrial production, development of human resources, application of science and technology in the productive sector, provision of mass education and provision of various facilities to meet the needs and aspirations of the disadvantaged, disadvantaged and poorest of the poor population segments.

These could be triggered by challenges including, but not limited to, economic growth in terms of GDP without a corresponding rise in living standards, unemployment and underemployment, high illiteracy, uncontrollable rapid population growth, problems of national and emotional integration, inertia to the process of change, slow process of modernization, and problem of evolution towards a democratic, socialist and secular order, incidence of poverty and low standards of living.

Once again, his words: “Achieving sustainable national development is the organizing principle for achieving human development goals while maintaining the capacity of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which they depend. economy and society”.

The desired result is a state of society where living conditions and resources are the seed to continue satisfying human needs without undermining the integrity and stability of the natural system. (Wikipedia).

In Nigeria, for example, we need to move from geopolitical zones to geoeconomic zones, where 12 zonal structures will each be headed by a

Vice President, while the president of the country gives us an executive committee of 13 members, with the ability to address the many challenges facing the 12 geo-economic zones, while the police and other security agencies are empowered to ensure the safety of lives and properties in the country.

“The biased zoning issues of who becomes president will be eliminated, while zone-specific agendas will extend to the vice-presidential levels, even as our young people, as tomorrow’s leaders, must be in the spotlight as future entrepreneurs,” He said. saying.