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The Impacts of N-Power Programmes on Poverty Reduction and Youth Empowerments in Nigeria (A Study of Eket Senatorial District, Akwa Ibom State)

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This study employed survey design to investigate the impacts of N-power Programmes on Poverty Reduction and Youth Empowerments in Nigeria with special interest in the Eket Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State. Specifically, the trends and effects of N-teach and N-Agro on poverty reduction and youth empowerment were examined. The instruments for data collection were questionnaires and structured interview questions. A simple random sampling technique was adopted to select six hundred (600) N-Power beneficiaries from the three federal constituencies that made up Eket Senatorial District as the sample size for the study. The method of data analysis was both qualitative and quantitative, where comparative and descriptive methods were adopted along with the Student's t-test. The stylised facts illustrated that although the N-power programme has offered the beneficiaries a token of income, the income was grossly inadequate. The low income and inability of the beneficiaries to acquire basic goods and services for survival with dignity signified that the youths were not financially empowered; hence, poverty persisted. Also, the empirical evidence revealed that the p-value of 1 was greater than the significance level of 0.05 with a degree of freedom of 10; as such, the null hypothesis was accepted that no significant difference exists in poverty and youth empowerment between the periods of N-power and the period before the N-power programme. The paper recommended that the government should increase the Stipend to the new minimum wage, avoid delays in monthly Payments of Stipend and ensure a transition plan for the beneficiaries after their training.

Source: African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development

DOI: 10.52589/ajesd-crwo7awr

Authors: Okposin, F. U., Akpan, U. R.

Institution: Akwa Ibom State College of Education, Afaha Nsit

Language: English

Topic: Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: No poverty, Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Texas Emerging Technology Fund, Tertiary Education Trust Fund