ISSN 2736-1721
Global Journal of Business Management ISSN 6731-4538 Vol. 4 (6), pp. 001-008, June, 2010. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Appraising the trend of policy on poverty alleviation programmes in Nigeria with emphasis on a National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP)
Samuel C. Ugoh1 and Wilfred I. Ukpere2*
1University of Lagos, Department of Political Science, Akoka Lagos Nigeria.
2Faculty of Business, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), Room 22, Commerce Building, P O Box 1906, Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa.
Accepted 04 March, 2010
Abstract
Poverty is multi-dimensional. It is characterised by lack of purchasing power, exposure to risk, malnutrition, high mortality rate, low life expectancy, insufficient access to social and economic services, etc. Poverty in Nigeria has reached an alarming level and is blamed on non-clear government social policies. Across the world, government plays a key role in poverty alleviation. In the case of Nigeria, the inability of successive governments to streamlined and harness the enormous potentials for improved service delivery in all the existing structures of poverty eradication has resulted into persistent poverty. The paper seeks to explore the extent to which public policies have affected the poverty alleviation programmes in Nigeria with special emphasis on National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP).
Key words: Poverty, alleviation, globalization, eradication.