ASSESSMENT OF N-POWER PROGRAMME IMPACT ON YOUTHS AS A SUSTAINABLE EMPOWERMENT DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH-EAST REGION, NIGERIA

This study investigated the N power programme impact on youths as a sustainable empowerment development in Adamawa State and Gombe State. Two research question were raised to guide the conduct of the study. Two research hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significant.  The study was based on Human Capital Theory. Survey research design was adopted for this study. The population of study was 9882 comprising of Adamawa state 5402 and Gombe, states 4480 N power beneficiaries. A sample of 385 was selected to serve as the sample size of the population using Taro Yamane formula. The data collected and retrieved from the field was analyzed using percentage, mean and standard deviation for answering of the research question and Spearman ranking for testing the two hypothesis. Base on the findings, it was revealed that the N-Power Programme in Adamawa state and Gombe State has positively influenced youths’ livelihood and also serve as a sustainable development to the nation through the income support, skills acquisition and job creation. It was recommended that Government and stakeholder should introduce structured program and strategies such as grants, loans, or job placement to beneficiaries of the programme and create means of assessing loans for them in order for them to be empowered permanently.

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