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Author(s)
Robert Idoko Ogwola
Dennis Anyebe Olofu
Charles Amobi Aneke
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2185/2024.01.002
Affiliation(s)
Federal University, Gashua, Nigeria
National Council for Arts and Culture, Garki-Abuja, Nigeria
Federal University, Gashua, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
This
study analysed the socio-economic contributions of N-Power programme amongst
the beneficiaries of the scheme in Benue State. Prior
to the introduction of N-Power programme, successive administrations in Nigeria
have made concerted efforts towards improving the standard of living of the
citizenry through the execution of various welfare or social intervention
programmes, but not much successes were recorded. Learning from the mistakes of
the past regimes, and by way of deliberate state policy, the Buhari’s
government initiated a multi-pronged social investment policy, one of which is
the N-power programme that came onboard in 2016, which also doubles as the
subject of this study. To achieve the goal of this study, a combination of
desktop research and survey design was employed. Questionnaires were
administered to 390 respondents through a combination of stratified and random
sampling techniques. The results of the survey were matched with that of the
secondary data obtained through online websites and other related sources. The
result indicated that N-Power made positive contributions to the socio-economic
life of the beneficiaries in Benue State:
specifically, the scheme contributed in poverty eradication, employment
generation, skills acquisitions and capacity building. However, some
aspect of our findings revealed that the programme has a number of challenges
such as: inadequate cash support, delay in monthly cash transfer to
beneficiaries, distance participants had to move to their work stations,
absence of posting in N-Teach scheme, and lack of adequate working tools
amongst others. To salvage this problem the paper recommended the following
solutions: expansion of the scheme to cover N-Teach and other aspects,
increment in the monthly cash transfer to cushion the high rate of inflation,
support for the participants/beneficiaries in transportation and logistics,
enrolment of more youth into the various schemes, proper monitoring and
evaluation of the implementation of the schemes amongst others.
KEYWORDS
national, social investment programme, N-Power, contributions, socio-economic development
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