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ARTICLE SUMMARY

Title: National Poverty Eradication Programme and Poverty Reduction in Ebonyi State: A Critical Evaluation of the Conditional Cash Transfer
Author(s): Otu Eugene Chukwu, Mba Nnamdi Bartholomew, Chigbu Oliver Onyekachi, Nwoba Chukwuma Charles, Iokaan Samuel, Nicholas Bassey Theophilus, Ngene Vincent Aja, Umahi Regina Chika, Egejuru George Chukwudi
Abstract: This study interrogates National Poverty Eradication Programme and Poverty Reduction in Ebonyi State: A Critical Evaluation of the Conditional Cash Transfer. The objectives of the study are as follows: To ascertain how poverty eradication programme in Ebonyi State improved per capita income of every Ebonyi Citizen through conditional cash transfer. To find out if poverty eradication programme through conditional cash transfer improved access to quality food by average Ebonyi citizen. To determine the extent National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) in Ebonyi State improved access to livelihood by Ebonyi people through conditional cash transfer. The researcher employed community action theory as theoretical framework and adopted quantitative research method by using primary data drawn from bar chart. The following are the findings made by the researchers: The poverty rate in Ebonyi State is still high, there is high income inequality in Ebonyi State, National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) in Ebonyi State has failed to significantly improve households' access to livelihood options in Ebonyi people, there is an increase in the per capita income of Ebonyi people within the period under study. The researchers made the following recommendations: Government should involve the target beneficiaries in the formulation as well as implementation of policies and programmes made for them. Poverty reduction programmes should be specific to address one or two parameters like per capita income and or human development index (HDI). Government and all relevant stake holders should ensure proper funding of poverty reduction programmes especially in the area of human development to liberate the masses from servitude.
Keywords: Poverty, poverty eradication, Poverty reduction, Human Development Index, conditional cash transfer

Editorial Board

EDITOR-IN CHIEF
Prof. Jonathan E. Aliede
DEPUTY EDITOR-IN CHIEF
Agatha Obiageri Orji-Egwu, Ph.D
MANAGING EDITOR
Símon Ugochukwu Nwankwo, Ph.D
EDITORS
Prof. Ifeyinwa Nsude
Prof. Angela Nwanmuo
Prof. Tyotom Keghku
Prof. Muyiwa Poopola
Prof. Nnanyelugo Okoro
Prof L. I. Ogbuoshi
Ruth. Chika Okorie, Ph.D
Adeola Sidikat Oyrleke, Ph.D
Celestine Ukeoma, Ph.D

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