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sale <strong>of</strong> prohibited items render the import<br />

prohibition policy virtually impotent. This<br />

recognition has not, however, led <strong>to</strong> the<br />

abandonment <strong>of</strong> the policy;<br />

Availability <strong>of</strong> essential medicines: <strong>Nigeria</strong>‘s<br />

health sec<strong>to</strong>r suffers from the double jeopardy<br />

<strong>of</strong> the prevalence <strong>of</strong> fake drugs and the<br />

existence <strong>of</strong> very expensive private-sec<strong>to</strong>r<br />

drugs supply. ODA has not been directed <strong>to</strong><br />

the production and/or massive importation <strong>of</strong><br />

generic drugs so critical <strong>to</strong> the improvement <strong>of</strong><br />

the health sec<strong>to</strong>r;<br />

After the massive effort <strong>to</strong> drastically reduce<br />

the debt pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> the nation, significant<br />

relapse in<strong>to</strong> unsustainable external<br />

indebtedness seems <strong>to</strong> have started in 2009. It<br />

is important that public policy is directed <strong>to</strong><br />

this potential problem;<br />

Better governance is the critical challenge,<br />

with a particular need <strong>to</strong> improve evidence-<br />

based planning, public financial management<br />

and institutional coordination. There are<br />

encouraging signs that the Federal<br />

Government and many states are now prepared<br />

<strong>to</strong> face up <strong>to</strong> this challenge.<br />

It is important <strong>to</strong> note that significant<br />

improvement has been recorded in many areas,<br />

especially in the face <strong>of</strong> the failure <strong>of</strong> international<br />

partners <strong>to</strong> meet expectations <strong>of</strong> the MDGs.<br />

OSSAP-MDGs has evolved practices over the past<br />

half decade that have aided better running <strong>of</strong><br />

governance and drive <strong>to</strong>wards achieving the<br />

Goals, such as institution <strong>of</strong> the independent<br />

moni<strong>to</strong>ring and evaluation. In areas where the<br />

international Goals were inadequate, the OSSAP-<br />

MDGs notched the standards higher. This<br />

commendable practice is fraught with challenges,<br />

which includes comparisons across countries and<br />

various implementing institutions such as MDAs,<br />

states and local governments.<br />

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