Community Based Poverty Reduction Programme(CPRP)And Community Participation In Yobe State, Nigeria
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 2
Abstract
Poverty is a global acknowledged scourge rampaging mankind in both developed and developing countries alike. The only difference however is in the preponderance of level of poverty which no doubt is more pronounced in the developing countries including but not limited to Nigeria. while the National average stood at 69 per centin Nigeria survey report by the National Bureau of Statistics showed States in the South-East of Nigeria had a poverty rate of 26.7 per cent, South–South 35.1 per cent, South -West 43.0 per cent, North-Central 67.0 per cent, North-West 71.2 per cent and North-East 72.2 per cent, indicating povertymore prevalent in Northern than Southern Nigeria, , Yobe State was ranked not only as one of the poorest in the region, but in the whole country, with low scores on most aspects of human development indices, and with poverty rate standing at 71.9% It was indeed the seemingly persistent increase in poverty in Yobe State that prompted Governor Bukar Abba Ibrahim embraced the CPRP intervention programme of the federal government as a poverty reduction strategy.This paper therefore examines the level of community participation in community based poverty Reductionprogrammes(CPRP)in Yobe state. This study adopted a mini-survey based on multi-stage sampling technique where the state clustered the three Senatorial Districts in Yobe State and purposely selected three Local Government Areas from each Senatorial District. Individuals or group respondents were conveniently selected in the administration of questionnaires, while Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and The Key Informants Interview (KII) on the other hand was conducted to collect data from the officials of the Facilitating Agency of the CPRP for further validation of study. These were complimented by observationand the use of available document materials obtained from Federal Government Republic of Nigeria and World Bank documents, Journal articles, and online. The study revealed overwhelming community participation during the implementation process of the Community-Based Poverty Reduction Projects. All the community members were invited to attend the sensitization/enlightenment campaign to introduce the CPRP intervention for active community participation. Consequently, Community members were required to vote and identify the microproject they wish to have in their community out of the lists of social amenity facilities as provided by the CPRP arrangements .It furtherconfirms that “compliance with mandatory funding contribution has significantly led to community partnership and ownership of micro-projects. Although the stipulation of the bench mark of 10 per cent mandatory contribution for the cost of selected project under the CPRP is commended, it is recommended that this percentage should be reduced having found out that the 10 per cent contribution has a deflecting effect on the income and capital resources of most people in the benefiting communities
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ManpaaAliyu Musa, WaziriHassana Ibrahim
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