Administrative/Policy Measures i. National guidelines and Referral Standards on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) 2014/15: provide a roadmap for all stakeholders to work together in the prevention of and response of GBV in Nigeria, and for the provision of high quality and comprehensive support systems and services to GBV Survivors. This policy framework also encourage service providers to identify and quickly mobilse the required resources, materials and essential logistics for interventions on GBV. ii. National Standards for Improving the Quality of Life of Vulnerable Children in Nigeria (2014/15): - It reinforces the commitment of all stakeholders at the Federal, State and Local Government levels to strengthen care and support services provided to vulnerable children. It offers guidelines to VC community service providers for improving the quality of services provided to VC, and to strengthen existing safety nets. The seven core service areas covered include: education and training, health care services, household economic strengthening, nutrition and food security, protection psychosocial support, and shelter and care. Efforts to Improve on the Quality of Life and Dignity of the Family, Women, Children, Aged and the Disabled Through the MDGs: - End-Point Report 2015 MDG 1: Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger: - Nigeria made notable progress in this goal and particularly in the fight against hunger, but generally missed meeting the targets of most of the indicators. The strong progress under this goal can be seen in the persistent reduction in poverty prevalence in recent years. Although poverty prevalence fluctuated, it declined from 65.6% in 1996 to 45.5% in 2010; short of target (21.4%) by 24.1%. However, the World Bank’s most recent estimates of poverty incidences in Nigeria indicate it at the lower of 33.1% in 2012/2013; a figure much closer to the target. One major challenge to effective poverty reduction in the country is the very limited reduction effect of economic growth. Thus, whereas the country recorded largely impressive growth rates in the 2000s decade and in more recent times, this was not entirely inclusive and neither did it reduce poverty or even generate employment. In one particular area of strength, Nigeria was able to reduce hunger by 66% in 2012 (three years in advance) and this earned her international recognition in 2013 from the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). However, while Nigeria is very close to meeting the hunger target owing to the transformative interventions in the nation’s agricultural sector, there are still high level disparities across the geo-political zones, states and between the urban and rural areas. Thus, the prevalence of hunger is much higher in the Northern states and more endemic in rural than in urban areas. Generally, the policy environment for the goal has been a good one and promises to deliver more in the future given the assurances of priority to agriculture by Nigeria’s new administration. Indeed, increasing agricultural productivity could have positive implications for poverty reduction. As significant is the fact that the proportion of underweight children under-five years of age declined from 35.7% in 1990 to 25.5% in 2014 (short of target which is 17.85% by 7.6%). Thus, although Nigeria did not meet the target of this indicator, strong progress was recorded within the prevailing good policy environment. 93