RAJI, Rasheed Aderemi2023-07-282023-07-282017-03https://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/842As the world is dynamic and new issues, ideas, and phenomena are emerging, there is the need for social studies education, which is a unique and peculiar type of education for helping human beings, to achieve sustainable development in the country. Consequently, this study examined how the teaching of emerging issues in Social studies can be used to attain sustainable development in the country. The study adopted a descriptive survey method to trace the nature, scope, objectives, and curriculum of social studies coupled with how the teaching of emerging issues in social studies can lead to sustainable development in the country.Introduction; Social studies education; Objectives of social studies teaching in Nigeria; Social studies curriculum; Sustainable development concept; Emerging Curricula issues in social studies education; Emerging issues, challenges and sustainable development; Conclusion; Recommendations; References.enArticle