ABSTRACT
The study investigated the Poverty Reduction
Strategies and Community Development programmes adopted by Presidents General
in South East, Nigeria. The study was guided by eight research questions and
six null hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted
Descriptive Survey and Correlational Research Designs. The population of the
study was 2,285 Presidents-General of registered Town Unions in the "'
five South Eastern States namely Enugu, Abia, Imo, Anambra and Ebonyi States. The
sample of the study was made up of 165 Presidents-General of registered Town
Unions from the selected states which was derived using the Taro Yarmane
Sampling Formula. Two instruments which were the “Poverty Reduction Strategies
Scale” (PRSS) andCommunity Development Scale” (CDS) were developed by the
researcher for data collection. The two instruments were validated by three
experts which comprised two from Community Development and one expert from
Measurement and Evaluation all in College of Education, Michael Okpara
University of Agriculture, Umudike. The stability coefficient of the
instruments were 0.82 and 0.78 for the “poverty reduction strategies scale
“(PRSS)” and community development scale” (CDS) respectively. Also the internal
consistencies of the PRSS and CDS were 0.89 and 0.78 respectively. Mean,
Standard deviation were used to answer research questions one and two;
Pearson’s r, R2 ' (coefficient of determination) was used to answer the
research questions three to eight; linear regressions were used to test
hypotheses one to seven while Multiple Regressions were used to test null
hypotheses six at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed
that the Community Development programmes in South East, Nigeria are low;
Poverty reduction strategies such as community participation, entrepreneurship,
skill acquisition, agricultural development and women empowerment were
adopted to a low extent; There was a significant high positive relationship
between the joint poverty reduction strategies(community participation,
entrepreneurship, skill acquisition agricultural development women empowerment)
and community development , programmes. Joint poverty reduction strategies
(community participation, entrepreneurship, skill acquisition, agricultural development
women empowerment) hq$l..' 85.7% contribution in community development
programmes. However, community participation had the highest percentage
contribution of 79.1%, followed by women empowerment with 72.3%, skill
acquisition with 56.3%, entrepreneurship with 51.8% and lastly agricultural
development with 46.2% relative contribution. Summarily, in South East,
Nigeria. It was thus recommended among others that the government and community
leaders should ensure that poverty reduction strategies such as community
participation, entrepreneurship, skill acquisition, agricultural development
and women empowerment were adopted to a higher level and that community members
are involved • in the identific
EMEAKAMA, E (2023). Poverty Reduction Strategies And Community Development Programmes adopted By Presidents General In South-East, Nigeria. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Nov 05, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/poverty-reduction-strategies-and-community-development-programmes-adopted-by-presidents-general-in-south-east-nigeria-7-2
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