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An Evaluation Of The Impact Of Napep On Entrepreneurship Development In Nigeria
[A CASE STUDY OF IMO STATE]
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A careful study of the entire poverty alleviation program already put in
place in Nigeria shows that there is a drive in the direction of making
more people to work by encouraging entrepreneurship and small and
medium scale business.
1.2 Statement Of The Problem It has been known
in Nigeria that every government embarks on one form of poverty
reduction strategy or the other in promoting entrepreneur activities.
However, what has remained unanswered is the extent to which these
programme have impacted on business or the entrepreneurs. Today, poverty
has been addressed as a global problem, especially in places like
Africa, Asia, and Latin America. On the average 45-50 percent of
sub-Saharan Americans live below the poverty line. In Nigeria, about 43%
of the population was living below the poverty line of N305 a year in
1985 prices. To this effect, the United Nations declared 1996 the
international year of eradication of poverty and 1997-2006 a decade of
poverty eradication. So many times on assumption of office in 1999,
president Obasanjo indicated that the poverty situation in which over
60% of Nigerians live below the poverty line, requires more effort to
prevent it
from getting worse. All these resulted to the introduction
of NAPEP in Nigeria in the year 2001. Recently, studied in (OECD;2000)
on poverty alleviation and its agencies as well as programs indicate
that considerable gap exist between the target objectives and
achievements. Despite all the efforts being made, poverty has still been
in an increasing rate in the country, efforts of various government
policies are ineffective and therefore not much has been done to
actualize the benefits. Thus, the alleviation of poverty in Nigeria is
not an intractable problem. This problem is first and foremost a
political and ideological challenge requiring a recruitment effort for
entrepreneur sustainability (ALIYU; 2001). Also, the lack of continuity
in the programs from one administration to the other in one of the
problems in the development of entrepreneurship. This study thus,
attempts to answer the following questions;
1. In which way can NAPEP promote entrepreneurship activities in
Imo state?
2. Are there any relationship between NAPEP and entrepreneurship development?
3. Is poverty eradication program appropriate for Nigeria?
4. How has government concept of NAPEP affected its success?
5. How has NAPEP activities impacted on poverty reduction as a
boost to economic development?
1.3 Objectives of the Study
The
overall objectives of the study are to asses the various strategies of
policies for the development of entrepreneurship. Generally the
objectives are;
To asses the relevance of NAPEP as poverty alleviation policy.
To examine the effectiveness of NAPEP on entrepreneurship development in the country.
To identify and analyze challenges of the program.
To proffer some policy recommendations based on the findings of the study.
1.4 Significance of the Study
It
is a well known fact that the present administration had attached much
emphasis on poverty alleviation program amongst its people basically in
the area of entrepreneurship, job creation and economic empowerment. It
therefore requires concerted efforts by all to contribute to the success
of all important but elusive goals.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The focus of this research “An Evaluation of the Impact of NAPEP on Entrepreneurship development in Nigeria†was to access the impact of entrepreneurship activities in Nigeria, a case study of Imo State. The programme was designed by the government to cater for unemployed youth and jobless person all over the country. To arrive at my conclusion, I administered a questionnaire with some primary and secondary data on different categories to know the percentage of the response to my ana ... Continue reading---
