Abstract:

As of 2013, the poverty issue in Nigeria has become a major issue. There are 112 million people, in other words, 70% of the population living below the poverty limit. Poverty is one of the major threats to peace, security and well-being, wherever it is. In this context, the government of Nigeria is developing conscious policies against the problem of high poverty and hunger in the country. On the other hand, despite the government’s measures, the poverty issue in the country is not reduced; on the contrary, it is increasing over and over the day. This study is aimed at evaluating the NAPEP programme for the fight against poverty in Nigeria. In the collection of the data of the study, interviews and documents were used. The data was analyzed using tables, simple percentages and the ranking correlation of Sperman. This study has shown that the NAPEP program is far from delivering effective results in the fight against poverty in Nigeria. The program needs to be re-established and re-evaluated.

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Abstract:

Poverty situation in Nigeria has become so serious that in 2013 there were as many as 112 million or 70.0% of the country’s population was living below poverty line. It has realized that poverty anywhere is a threat to peace, security and prosperity everywhere hence the conscious efforts by successive administrations in Nigeria to eradicate all forms of extreme poverty and hunger in a country. In spite of these efforts to eradicate absolute poverty in the country, poverty incidence has been on the rise. This study, therefore, attempted to assess NAPEP as a programme to eradicate extreme poverty in the country. Personal interviews and documents were employed in data collection. The data were analyzed using tables, simple percentages and spearman rank correlation. The study showed among others, that NAPEP as a programme targeted at eradicating extreme poverty has not been effective leading to a mixed bag of limited success and continuing challenges. It was therefore, recommended that the programme should be re-examined and possibly re-designed for effective performance instead of scrapping it.