A group of Civil Society organizations from across Nigeria came together to form an alliance for the monitoring and implementation of the SDGs. The High Level Political Forum on SDGs held in New York, July 2017 revealed the need for a more engaging and inclusive platform for CSOs in Nigeria to engage the sustainable development agenda. During the course of the HLPF 2017, CSOs committed themselves to undertaking actions that have the potential to shape the future of people through the implementation of the SDGs. While there are mixed views in civil society about whether the 2030 development agenda can deliver on ending poverty, ending hunger, achieving food security, improving nutrition, ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being, promoting gender equality, ensuring environmental sustainability among other things, it was unanimously resolved that civil society needs to play an active role in keeping the spotlight on these commitments, working on implementation, and holding the leaders accountable for the actualization of the goals. While our process of mobilization has revealed widespread enthusiasm, It was felt that a new national platform is critical to achieving added value to civil society initiatives on sustainable development.