Academic records are very vital records generated from learning institutions especially universities. These sets of records if not properly maintained can cause a pressing hardship and heartache to the institutions and the students, even the nation at large. The introduction of Academic records management systems now makes the work of maintaining these academic records even easier and cost effective. ARMS is an automated system that is used to maintain academic records in universities, it comes to perfect what is done manually before now. This paper examines how the application of ARMS in maintenance of students' academic records can help in the sustainability of economic development goals which are properly highlighted in this paper. Features of ARSMS were captured, advantages of ARMS were exposed, factors that militate against ARMS were raised and statistics of Universities that use ARMS in south-south Nigeria were used to know how much ARMS is used in Nigerian universities. Recommendations were made that would help ensure improvement of use of ARMS in universities which would also ensure Sustainable Development Goals.