EFFECTS OF NATIONAL SOCIAL INVESTMENT PROGRAMMES ON THE WELL-BEING OF BENEFICIARIES IN NIGER STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study examines the effects of national social investment programmes on the well-being of beneficiaries in Niger State, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling techniques were used to select 191 respondents on which primary data were elicited from the respondent with the aid of a structured questionnaire complemented with interview schedule. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (such as frequency, percentage and mean), wellbeing index and logit regression. The study revealed that N-power beneficiaries had high level of participation in teaching (????̅ =2.84), CCT in group formation ( ????̅ = 2.82) and group saving mobilization ( ????̅ = 2.79). On the well-being, majority (73.7%) of N-power beneficiaries and CCT (48.8%) belongs to satisfied status categories. The study revealed that sex (z=3.38; P<0.01), occupational status (z=-2.25; P<0.05), income (z=3.41; P<0.01) had significant effects on the well-being of N-Power beneficiaries. Base on the study it was recommended that government should create more awareness on the benefit of SIPs in the study area, government should inject more funds to the programme to enhance beneficiary’s well-being status.