Benue State University, Makurdi

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE NATIONAL POVERTY ERADICATION PROGRAMME : EVIDENCE FROM BENUE STATE

DOKI, NAOMI ONYEJE, PhD

Abstract

Public policy is expected to produce results that impact positively on the people. When this is not so, the correct thing to be done is to reassess the policy in all its facets in order to achieve the objectives of the policy. This paper assesses one of government‘s policy aimed at poverty reduction and reveals the inefficiency of the scheme as implemented. The paper is situated within the Keynesian theory which advocates the working of government to restore imbalances in the economy. It employed a questionnaire survey research design on beneficiaries. The data was analysed using descriptive statistical tools, a correlation matrix and a logistic regression to test the hypothesis that benefitting from NAPEP does not reduce the probability of being poor. The results showed among other things that, benefitting from NAPEP makes an individual 0.04 times less likely to be poor, and this is a very minimal contribution and a pointer to the ineffectiveness of the policy. The structure and modus operandi of NAPEP contribute largely to the ineffectiveness of the policy. The study recommends deliberateness in pursuing policy or else the expected results will continue to elude us.

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