The impact of N-Power programmes on poverty alleviation in Rivers State, Nigeria

Book excerpt: Project Report from the year 2020 in the subject Politics - Topic: Development Politics, grade: 4.0, University of Port Harcourt (Medonice Consulting and Research Institute), course: Management, language: English, abstract: The study examined the impact of N-Power programmes on poverty alleviation in Nigeria: A study of Rivers State. Survey design was used in this study to generate data. The study population comprised the youth in all the twenty-three Local Government Areas of Rivers State. A sample of 400 respondents from the Rivers State youths was studied. Out of the 400 copies of questionnaire administered, 387 copies were retrieved and after going through them 381 copies were found useful for data analysis. Descriptive and inferential statistics used to analyse data in this study. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient (r) was used to test the hypotheses in this study. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of N-Power Programme on Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria. Specific objectives of the study therefore, are: 1. To ascertain the activities of N-Power Agency towards poverty alleviation in Rivers State, 2. To determine the extent to which N-Power programmes generate empowerment for the youths in Rivers State, 3. To ascertain how N-Power Programmes alleviate poverty in Rivers State, 4. To identify the problems affecting N-Power Agency/programmes towards poverty alleviation in Rivers State. Indeed, the N-Power programme has become a household name and has continued to generate some controversy, although the government is living up to its billing in addressing concerns raised in association with the programme. Explaining the rationale behind the programme, a highly placed government official says, the N-Power Programme of the Federal Government is a job creation and empowerment initiative of the Social Investment Programme, designed to drastically reduce youth empowerment in Nigeria. The focus is to provide our young graduates and non-graduates with the skills, tools and livelihood to enable them advance from empowerment to empowerment, entrepreneurship and innovation.