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Poverty has remained endemic in Nigeria bringing about low standard of living for majority of the masses. Government and international organizations are coming up with policies and programmes aimed at reducing the impact of this malaise. One such programme by United Nations Organization is Sustainable Development Goals with seventeen (17) targets aimed at addressing social, economic, and environmental aspects of sustainable development. The study adopted descriptive research design. The population of the study was 21,955,400. Taro Yamane’s formula was used to determine the sample size of 625. The data was analysed through the use of descriptive and inferential analysis, one sample t-test as used to test the hypotheses. Findings of the study showed that SDG1 had a positive significant influence on income generation, social protection, sustainable livelihood, access to education, and establishment of micro enterprises in South East Nigeria. The study recommended that for SDG1 to further make impact in the South East Nigeria, governments of the five states that make up the zone, should identify the marginalized communities and prioritize the implementation of SDG policies in those communities.
Onah et al. (2024) studied this question.