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| New Partnership for Africa's Development and Poverty Eradication in the Southeast of Nigeria, 2015-2020 |
Ezeibe, Peace Ijeoma & Mike C. Oddih PhD
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Abstract:
This study is centred on the impact of NEPAD and the quest to tackle poverty in Nigeria's Southeast geopolitical zone. There is no doubt that poverty is a dangerous weapon that hinders growth and development of a society. It has become a worrisome situation to the extent that series of attempts were made to put it under control. The study adopted a mixed design (involving historical and survey methods) and a documentary form of data collection. It was analysed using content analysis. It employed dependency theory as a frame of analysis. In response to the findings of the study, the researcher concludes that NEPAD Nigeria is a good initiative but not viable in organisation, funding, and leadership. The partnership is not viable as a roadmap for poverty alleviation in the Southeast. The study thus recommends that for the organization to be viable for poverty alleviation, state coordinators must receive funds and carry out programmes aimed at alleviating poverty in their localities. They need to be independent of state governors to function maximally.
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