Rural Poverty Eradication Programme: Some Relevant Issues

The study investigated development gap in social policy and social problem interaction by examining impact of National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) on rural communities in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to examine the relationship between non-participation of beneficiary communities in NAPEP project design at community level, corruption and policy implementation strategy on rural poverty reduction. The Ex-post facto research design was adopted to study communities in Oron and Udung Uko local government areas in Akwa Ibom State. Using a multistage sampling procedure, data were obtained from 400 respondents using Taro Yamene sample size determination formula. Data were analysed using Chi-square (X2) statistical technique. Main findings indicated that significant relationship exists between non-participation of beneficiary communities in NAPEP project design, corruption, policy implementation and poverty reduction in rural communities. The findings imply that NAPEP has not significantly achieved its goal of poverty reduction in rural communities. It has failed to elicit economic wellbeing priorities directly from target communities. Poverty can be reduced through accommodative and humanistic arrangements by allowing communities to identify welfare projects and eligible recipients. Rural dwellers have not experienced poverty reduction because of NAPEP development strategy gap.

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The Challenges of Ending Rural Poverty : An Appraisal of National Poverty Eradication Programme ( Napep )

Journal of Policy and Development Studies ◽

10.12816/0011177 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 189-199

Author(s):

O. S. A. Obikeze ◽

Mathias O. Ananti

Keyword(s):

Rural Poverty ◽

Poverty Eradication ◽

Eradication Programme

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Poverty Eradication in Nigeria: A Focus on National Poverty Eradication Programme in Abia State, 2001- 2013

European Scientific Journal ESJ ◽

10.19044/esj.2018.v14n5p105 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (5) ◽

pp. 105

Author(s):

Greene Ifeanyi Eleagu

Keyword(s):

Poverty Reduction ◽

Youth Unemployment ◽

Poverty Line ◽

Poverty Eradication ◽

Eradication Programme ◽

Financial Flows ◽

Long Time ◽

Broad Objective ◽

The Impact ◽

Huge Challenge

Poverty has been a huge challenge to Nigeria for a long time as majority of Nigerians live below poverty line. Successive civilian and military governments in Nigeria agreed on the need to eradicate or alleviate this ugly situation. In an attempt to ameliorate the situation, they introduced a number of schemes and programmes. The apparent failure of the various schemes and programmes and the resultant citizen discontent led to the creation of the National Poverty Eradication Programme, NAPEP, in all the states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. The broad objective of the study was to empirically evaluate the impact of NAPEP towards poverty eradication in Abia state, through the provision of youth employment. The structuralfunctionalist theory was adopted with an interrogation of relevant documents on financial flows, projects and programmes. The findings suggest that youth unemployment was pervasive. Again, the poverty reduction or alleviation efforts were fraught with corruption. To correct these, the work recommended disbursing monies to beneficiaries through banks. It also suggested, among others, that future efforts should be rural-centred, instead of urban-centred.

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National Poverty Eradication Programme and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria: Empirical Investigation of the Programme Impact in Cross River State

International Journal of Human Resource Studies ◽

10.5296/ijhrs.v4i3.5629 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 269 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Agnes Sylvester Antai ◽

Anam, Bassey Ekpenyong

Keyword(s):

Poverty Reduction ◽

Conditional Cash Transfer ◽

Primary Data ◽

Poverty Eradication ◽

Eradication Programme ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross River ◽

Cross River State ◽

Level Of Significance ◽

The Impact

The study examines the impact of the National Poverty Eradication Programme on poverty reduction in Cross River State. To guide the study, two major hypotheses were stated and primary data were obtained from 361 respondents from the benefactors of the State government Conditional Cash Transfer. The data obtained were tested using Chi-square statistical tool at. 05 degree of significance to examine the level of impact. The analysis of data in reveals that the calculated value of chi square (18.1) was greater than the table value of chi (9.49), tested at. 05 level of significance. This implied that the implementation of NAPEP has a significant impact on entrepreneurial development among youths in Cross River State. In table 2, the results obtained also showed that the calculated value of chi square (15.1) is greater than the table value of chi (9.49), tested at .05 level of significance, meaning that the null hypothesis was ignored and the alternative that the implementation of NAPEP has significant impacts on the provision of micro credit facilities to entrepreneur in Cross River State was accepted. However, the results obtained called for attention to other areas of interest neglected by the programme. These were identified to include the need to harness agriculture, water and solid minerals resources and conservation efforts especially in the rural-areas where the main occupation is agriculture. This concern formed the baseline for policy recommendations.

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