Poverty alleviation and socio-economic development of Etung Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria.
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Poverty alleviation, development, unemployment and socio-economic wellbeingAbstract
The main purpose of this study was to examine poverty alleviation and socio-economic development of Etung Local Government Area of Cross River State. Several poverty alleviation programmes including the Directorate of Food, Road and Rural Infrastructure (DFRRI); the better life programme (BLP); the peoples Bank of Nigeria (PBN); the Family Support Programme (FSP); the Family Economic Advancement Programme (FEAP) among others were introduced as measures to improve the living conditions of the poor as well as their socio-economic wellbeing. At the inception of the current democratic government, many Nigerians were made to believe that poverty alleviation was the ultimate goal of the present government. The government has tried to reduce poverty in recent time through upward reviewed of salaries and wages. However, the inflationary trends which often accompany such increase in wages need to be checked by ensuring that aggregate supply of goods and services is implemented. To achieve the purpose of this study, three null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The simple random sampling technique was adopted in selecting the five council ward while quota non-probability sampling technique was adopted in selecting the two hundred respondents used for the study. A twenty-five item four point Likert type questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Statistical Technique was used for data analysis. The result obtained from analysis of data revealed that there is a significant relationship between vocational skills training, salary increment and poverty alleviation in the study area. Based on these findings it was recommended that, implementing partners of poverty alleviation programmes should ensure that such programmes are preceded by need assessment to identify people's areas of need and design programmes that would sufficiently address such identified felt needs among individuals.Downloads
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