Empirical Test on the Journey to Goal One of the Millennium Development Goals (Eradication of Extreme Poverty and Hunger): A Case Study of Bida South Constituency in Niger State
MOHAMMED, T.H., MUSTAPHA, N.M. AND GATA E.G.
Department of Business Administration and Management
Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State, Nigeria
E-mail:gataelizabeth1972@gmail.com, harunatm1973@gmail.com, mustaphamustapha1976@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Poverty information, based on poverty data collected from the seven wards of Bida South Constituency in Bida Local Government Area of Niger State helps locate an area with the greatest need and where assistance can make the most difference in achieving Goal One of the Millennium Development Goals (eradicate extreme poverty and hunger). Population size of three hundred and fifty (350) houses was taken from the seven (7) wards of Bida South. Systematic random sample of fifteen (15) houses each from the seven wards was taken, and fifteen (15) questionnaires were administered in each ward on the bases of one at the interval of three (3) houses. Arithmetic mean and ranking was used to measure the extent of extreme poverty and hunger in the study area. Results as attested to by a mean score of 5.2 which is the least and ranking of 7th position highest number shows that in Nassarafu ward, the majority of the households are poor and it is unlikely that individuals or households can reduce their poverty if left alone in the journey to 2015. It was recommended among other things that The existing Community Skills Development Centre should be decentralized to each ward, with a new name to be known as Ward Skills Development Centre and each ward will be having its own structures to house the various types of training programmes that may be taking place.