• Impact Of Keke Napep As Poverty Alleviation Strategy

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    • 1.3     STATEMENT OF HYPOTHESIS
      The following hypothesis will be tested at 0.5 significance:
      1.                 Keke NAPEP has significantly reduced poverty among its operators.
      2.                 Keke NAPEP is not expensive to maintain and operate.
      3.                 Road network has no significant influence on keke NAPEP operation.
      4.                 There is no significant relationship between traffic and profitability.
      1.4     JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY
      The issue of poverty among the Nigeria population is a very important one.  It significant reduction is a task that the past and present government have continue to address by coming up with different programmes and strategies.  One of such programmes is KEKE NAPEP which was introduced more than 10 years.  This study is necessary in order to know the programme has performed in term of poverty alleviation.
      The findings of this study are expected to determine the achievement or problem(s) being encountered by the programme in the study area in order to come up with appropriate solution.
      1.5     OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
      The broad objective of the study is to examine the impact of KEKE NAPEP as poverty alleviation strategy in Ojokoro Local Government Area of Lagos State.  The specific objectives are:
      (i)       To determine if there is improvement in the economic well-being of the operators in the study area or not.
      (ii)      To determine the suitability of working environment for KEKE NAPEP in the study area.
      (iii)     To determine whether the average revenue of operators is influenced by the period of operation or not.
      (iv)     To identify the various costs incurred by the operators in the study area.
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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study concerns how the KEKE NAPEP programme of Federal Government Poverty Eradication Programmes has fared in alleviating poverty among youths in Ojokoro Local Government Area of Lagos State.Poverty rate occasioned by unemployment has consumed a frighten dimension in Nigeria. This prompted the Federal Government of Nigeria in 2000 to set up National Poverty Eradication Programme by introducing the famous tricycle "Keke Marwa" to alleviate thesuffering of the unemployed youth.The purpose of t ... Continue reading---