An Impact Assessment of Covid-19 Pandemic on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals one and two in Nigeria

The COVID-19 global crisis has triggered the undoing of recorded progress of the SDGs. This study is an impact assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic on goals one and two of the SDGs in Nigeria. Although the SDGs were not on track in achieving its goals and targets by year 2030, the pandemic has stalled sustainable development plans and triggered loss of developmental gains in Nigeria. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, secondary data sources was used for the study. This involved a detailed review of COVID-19 related assessments in context of the SDG one and two in Nigeria. The results showed that the Coronavirus pandemic has unleashed global socio-economic and health crisis, with consequences, particularly –heightened rate of poverty, inequality, malnutrition, hunger, food insecurity and death in Nigeria. It was concluded that in Nigeria, the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals one and two.Therefore, the study recommends the urgent safeguarding of developmental gains through the institution of SDGs sensitive COVID-19 recovery programmes, timely mass vaccination and humanitarian intervention, improved emergency preparedness and strengthened health care system. The policy implication is that innovativeinternational and national communication and partnerships, as well as financial supports are more than ever needed in developing a transformative route to a more inclusive, equal and sustainable post COVID19 Nigeria.