Email this article Evaluation of the Impact of N-Power Programme on the Livelihood of Participants based on their Socio-Demographic Factors in Delta State
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The study evaluated the impact of N-Power programme on the livelihood of beneficiaries based on socio-demographic factors, in Delta State. A survey research design was adopted in the study with a population of 13,145 (5,675 males and 7,470 females) from the 25 local government areas in Delta State. The sample size of 370 was determined using the Gill, et al (2010). The instrument for the study was a structured questionnaire tested for factor analysis at range of coefficients of 0.97, 0.95, 0.93 for the various measurements. The instrument was thereafter administered to the sampled 370 respondents out of which, data from 359 respondents were found usable. The data were thereafter subjected to statistical analysis. The frequency and percentages were used for demographic analysis, while the hypotheses were tested using t-test and ANOVA with the help of SPSS 25v software at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed significant difference in the livelihood of participants in N-power programme based on sex (p-value< 0.05 =0.010); significant difference in the livelihood of N-power participants based on marital status (p-value<0.05 =0.045); and no significant difference in the livelihood of N-power participants based on educational qualification (p-value>0.05 =0.074). Based on the findings, it was recommended that there should be regular programme evaluation, skill development strategies should be tailored to accommodate the unique needs of married and single participants, where significant differences were found and partnership with private sector thereby maximizing the impact of acquired skills on economic self-sufficiency.
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