THE EFFECT OF POVERTY ALLEVIATION POLICIES ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; A FOCUS ON OBUDU. CROSS RIVER STATE

Abstract

The objective of this study is to enhance the knowledge and skill necessary for developing our communities and as a result our country as a whole as well as to alert the public to the benefits of contributing to poverty alleviation in our society and how to go about doing so. The population of the study include the male and female indigenes of Obudu Local Government Area, as well as the staff of various poverty alleviation bodies that have carried out successful projects within Obudu totaling (85,732) eight five thousand seven hundred and thirty two, from which sample was chosen using the random sampling method. Seven research questions and two hypotheses guided the conduct of the study. Questionnaires,Observations and oral interview schedules were the major instruments used to gather data for the study. A total of (200) two hundred questionnaires were distributed for the sample, but only one hundred and seventy two (172) were returned and these served as the basis for data analysis. The chi - square statistical method was used for testing the hypothesis of the study. The study discovered that poverty alleviation policies have indeed contributed to an extent the development of communities in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State. Based on the above finding, the study recommended that more poverty alleviation bodies and programmes are needed in our communities today and that members of these particular communities should be consulted and persuaded to participate in projects carried out within their community.