POVERTY REDUCTION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGER DELTA REGION OF NIGERIA: STRATEGIES FOR COUNSELLING
Abstract
The Niger Delta region of Nigeria is richly endowed with huge resources of petroleum
oil which is a major source of National income, yet the region is characterized by
poverty. It is against this background that the present paper attempts to examine how
poverty can be reduced particularly in respect to the people through skills acquisition in
the region. Despite all the measures adopted by government at all levels to reduce
poverty, a high percentage of Nigerians are still poor. The scourge seems unbolting as a
result of the negative role of globalization in the economy of Nigeria, disparities in
peoples income, gender imbalance as far as access to economic resources is concerned,
disparities in access to health and education, corruption, neglect of agriculture among
others. Be that as it may, the paper highlights some of the causes and effects of poverty
in Niger delta region, discusses some approaches to poverty reduction, mentions some
reduction strategies, looks at some of the problems that militated against previous
National Poverty eradication programmes and finally the author proffers some
recommendations that will help to reduce poverty in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria.
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