POVERTY ALLEVIATION MEASURES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (A CASE STUDY OF LIFE-ENHANCEMENT AGENCY IN AKWA IBOM STATE)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Poverty is a major problem that has robed many citizens of better lives. It is a major economic problem to the Nigerian economy.
That is why even government that has existed in Nigerian has attempted to reduce poverty to the lowest level. Poverty is a living condition in which an entity is faced with economic social, cultural, political and environmental deprivation. Marsh (2001) explain that poverty is a state of involuntary deprivation in which a person household, community or a nation can be subjected. The issue of poverty alleviation is now a major policy, therefore the introduction of poverty alleviation programme in the Obasanjo administration, which was to fight the scourge of poverty especially at grassroot level was timely and rightly commodable.
Also economic development has been a feature of government programme in Nigeria since independence in 1960 Maxwell (1994) explains that the purposes of development is to improved the standard of living and ensure the general well being of the society. Therefore, poverty alleviation and economic development is an explicit means by which government can raise the standard of living.
1.1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Poverty alleviation and economic development work hand in hand, without alleviation of poverty there will largely be development.
A nation cannot fight poverty when the economy of that nation is poor. One of the problems of poverty alleviation in the development of Nigeria is lack of adequate internal motivation to fight poverty at the right time and place.
The following factors affects Nigeria achievement on poverty alleviation and economic development:
Interestingly, poverty alleviation problems are also associated with economic development problem, therefore, for Nigeria government to solve the problem of poverty, they have to built the economy. It has therefore the intention of this research to x-ray the necessary ingredients needed to build the Nigerian economy where poverty eradication measures will thrive, which though has been looking for some time now.
1.2 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
Poverty alleviation and economic development is an explicit means by which government can raise the standard of living of the citizen therefore, the aims and objectives of this research project is to find out poverty alleviation measures, its problem and prospects for economic development in Akwa Ibom State.
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
Poverty alleviation is one of great concern to the nation and the Akwa Ibom people.
1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The study will focus on the benefit of poverty alleviation and economic development using life enhancement agency Akwa Ibom State as a case study.
1.6 ORGANISATION OF THE STUDY
This work is organized in five chapters, chapter one present the introduction of the work. This chapter contains the introduction, background of the study, statement of problems, objectives of the study, research question, significance of the study, scope of the study, organisation of the study and definition of terms. Chapter two deals with the review of related literature in the area of poverty alleviation measures and economic development. Chapter three contains research design and methodology. This is made up of the source and method of data collection and the tools of analysis adopted in the study.
Chapter four is on data presentation, analysis and interpretation. Chapter five presents the findings, recommendation and conclusion.
1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS
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