Open AccessPoverty Eradication in Nigeria: A Focus on National Poverty Eradication Programme in Abia State, 2001- 2013
Author(s) -
Greene Ifeanyi Eleagu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
european scientific journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1857-7881
pISSN - 1857-7431
DOI - 10.19044/esj.2018.v14n5p105
Subject(s) - abia , poverty , nigerians , economic growth , state (computer science) , work (physics) , unemployment , federal capital territory , development economics , language change , government (linguistics) , basic needs , political science , economics , socioeconomics , public administration , local government , engineering , mechanical engineering , art , linguistics , philosophy , literature , algorithm , computer science , law
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.