EVALUATION OF NATIONAL POVERTY ERADICATION PROGRAMME ON POVERTY ERADICATION IN ABIA STATE, NIGERIA, 2001-2013

📄 Project Abstract

Poverty has been a huge perennial challenge to Nigeria. Pre- and post-independence records have always suggested that majority of the people live below poverty line, prompting various governments of Nigeria to introduce a number of schemes and programmes in an attempt to ameliorate the situation. The apparent failure of the various efforts and the resultant citizen discontent led to the creation, in 2001,of the National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) in the various states of the federation, including Abia state and the federal capital territory, Abuja, with the core mandate of poverty eradication using its four schemes: Youth Empowerment Scheme (YES), Rural Infrastructure Development Scheme (RDS), Social Welfare Service Scheme (SOWESS), and National Resources Development and Conservation Scheme (NRDCS). This study evaluated the activities of NAPEP and its impact towards poverty eradication in Abia state from 2011 to 2013. Survey research design was adopted in the work. Primary a...