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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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